Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya and U.S. Undersecretary of State John Bolton are scheduled to meet today to discuss the two countries’ disagreement over alleged Chinese missile sales (see GSN, Nov. 26).

Expectations were low that the two countries could reach an agreement that would lead to the end of U.S. sanctions against China, according to Reuters.  “We don’t have any reason to believe the Chinese position has changed, but we’ll be listening … We’ll be interested to hear what they say,” said a senior U.S. official yesterday, adding that the U.S. position had not changed.

The United States imposed sanctions in September after China allegedly transferred ballistic missile technology to Pakistan in violation of an  agreement with the United States made in 2000 (Reuters/South China Morning Post, Nov. 30).

Wang was also scheduled to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (Stephen Collinson, Agence France-Presse, Nov. 30).

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