Spy plane dispute resolved - China

A top Chinese official has said he believes his country and the United States have resolved their dispute over the downed US spy plane, and agreed to hold China’s highest level meeting with the Bush administration since the crisis began.

China’s finance minister Xiang Huaicheng and US Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill were meeting yesterday on the sidelines of an annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank in Honolulu, Hawaii, primarily to discuss economic issues.