Reporting from Beijing – China announced Thursday that President Hu Jintao plans to attend a nuclear nonproliferation conference this month in Washington, indicating a thaw after months of strained relations and a sign of solidarity with the United States in dealings with Iran and North Korea.
After months of suspense about whether China would snub the Obama administration in anger over an arms sale to Taiwan, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters in Beijing that Hu would stop April 12-13 in Washington on his way to a previously scheduled visit to Brazil.
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