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Rice calls for more talks with China

AFP, Beijing
US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice cited the need for higher level dialogue with China yesterday as she met with the country's top leaders on the East Asian hotspots of North Korea and Taiwan.
Rice arrived from Tokyo to hold talks with ageing military strongman Jiang Zemin, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and President Hu Jintao. She leaves for Seoul Friday.
"China is an important power in Asia and globally and we have an excellent relationship with China," Rice said before departing Tokyo.
She said she would discuss a "full range of issues in US-China relations," including "the need for higher-level dialogue between the United States and China" and the issue of North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
Her visit coincided with a call from North Korea's defence chief for soldiers to step up combat preparations, denouncing the United States for plotting an attack on the Stalinist country.
Defence Minister Kim Il-Chol accused Washington of stepping up preparations for a war "behind the curtain of the six-party talks" in a
speech to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of former North Korean president Kim Il-Sung.
The two sides have been involved in long-winded six-party talks hosted by China and including South Korea, Japan and Russia to resolve Pyongyang's security concerns and meet its demands for energy and food aid.
In exchange Washington wants a complete dismantling of the North's nuclear weapons program.
In talks with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Tokyo, Rice called the North Korean issue "urgent."
Her visit follows a trip to Beijing by Vice President Dick Cheney in April that was also dominated by North Korea and Taiwan.
Beijing has urged Washington to soften its tone on North Korea and has indicated displeasure over the deployment this month of 10 F-117
Nighthawk stealthfighters to South Korea, one of the United States most advanced fighter jets.
"The move is hard pressed to be considered a routine reposition, especially when taking into account the current complicated security situation," the official China Daily said in an editorial.