In the April 22nd, 2010 edition of el Periodico in the World section, there was an article written titled “U.S. and China begin formal negotiations on Human Rights”. The article states that the White House has confirmed that delegates from both countries will meet on May 13th and 14th. The governments of both countries will resume formal negotiations a spokesman for Hillary Clinton announced. It has been two years since the U.S. and China had addressed the issue as there was considered to be a lot of tension in China. An American diplomat spokesman, Phillip Crowley, expressed confidence that both countries have maintained “open dialogue” on issues such as religious freedom. Another hot topic being discussed is over internet access, as pointed out by Crowley is the freedom of internet use and the right to information for Chinese citizens. Two points on which Washington and Beijing strongly disagree on is that the Chinese authorities filter all information circulating on the internet in order to control access to sensitive topics like the Tiananmen demonstrations in 1989, or prohibiting the Falungong spiritual group. In January, Google announced it would no longer censor the results of the search engine in China. The delegations will be led by Michael Posner, assistant secretary of state for democracy and human rights, and Chen Xu, head of the international organizations of Chinese Foreign Ministry.
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