Bush urges China to extend religious and political freedoms

US PRESIDENT George W Bush pressed China yesterday to expand religious, political and social freedoms and won renewed promises - but no concrete actions - from Chinese President Hu Jintao.

Mr Hu said the two leaders sought an outcome of “mutual benefit and win-win results.”

But their meeting at the Great Hall of the People, on the edge of Tiananmen Square, appeared to produce no breakthroughs on US demands for currency reforms in China and no details about how China would cut its trade surplus with the US, on track to hit $200 billion this year.