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The U.S. and China, face to face at the White House.

Hello again, I'm Marvin Olney, and this is To the Poet from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

The Obama administration's been preparing for weeks for Wednesday's summit,

likely to be the last, with China's president Hu Jintao.

He'll be gone next year.

Secretary's Gates, Geithner, and Clinton have addressed military and economic issues

indicating that if China doesn't want to be partners, the U.S.

has options. China is concerned about U.S. military sales to Taiwan, its domination of the

Pacific, and America's beefing up of relations with Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam.

Both countries are divided between hawks and doves. Who Jintao will be in the U.S. tomorrow, can the heads of states shore up a relationship

at risk of going off track?

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