国内英语新闻:U.S., China to hold new round of human rights dialogue in May

WASHINGTON, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue will take place on May 13-14 in Washington, announced U.S. State Department on Thursday.

The U.S. delegation will be led by Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael Posner. The Chinese delegation will be headed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for International Organizations Chen Xu.

The human rights dialogue, which was scheduled by the end of February, had been delayed due to tensions between Washington and Beijing over U.S. arms sale to Taiwan and U.S. President Barack Obama's meeting with the ** Lama early this year.

Chinese President Hu Jintao shakes hands with visiting U.S. President Barack Obama after they meet the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 17, 2009.

According to the joint statement issued by the two countries during President Obama's visit to China last November, China and the United States underlined that each country and its people have the right to choose their own path, and agreed to hold the next round of human rights dialogue in Washington by the end of February 2010.