About this trip, what can you tell us now？Secretary: Well, he is very much looking forward to the APEC Meeting in Shanghaiand then from there to Beijing, and I think he wants to form a personalrelationship with President Jiang Zemin and the other leaders. President Bushvery much believes in getting to meet other leaders and to talk to them face to face and convey that American attitude of friendship and the American attitude of "lets see if we can work together to solve any problems that exist between us, and lets always be doing what we can to improve the relationship between our two countries". 3） So he is excited about coming to China. He is looking forward to it very, very much.Interviewer: Did he tell you anything before you left Washington？Secretary: He said to make sure that in my conversations with the Chinese leaders I conveyed what I just said——Washington is not in a confrontational mode. Why would we want to be in a confrontational mode？ We are one of the best trading partners that China has. Forty percent of your products come to the United States. American consumers depend to a large extent on products that come from China to help them go about their lives. The products that come are at a reasonable cost. American businesses are investing in China. This is the basis for a positive relationship, a relationship that grows, not the basis for a confrontational relationship. The areas that we will have some difficulty with, and the President will be candid about this, have to do with human rights, and we do have some concerns about proliferation issues.But this isnt the only basis of our relationship. These are the things we are talking our way through.Interviewer: But it seems that here is a little confusion in terms of definitions of bilateral relations. For example, it seems to me that President Bush does not follow very much the idea of strategic partnership that was defined by our two governments a few years ago. While, at the same time we notice that just on the eve of your visit you said that the United States is not trying to view China as an enemy. So, Mr. Powell, between "partner" and "enemy", if I may ask you, which word would you like to choose？
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