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The President in Asia

On his six-day trip to Asia last week, President George W. Bush boosted friendships, mended a few fences and reached out to an enemy.

In Japan, the President addressed Japanese lawmakers. He praised Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for his efforts to strengthen Japan's struggling economy and thanked Japan for its support in the war against terrorism.

But Bush's tough talk on terrorism came under fire in South Korea. In his State of the Union speech last month, the President called North Korea a part of an "axis of evil" that includes Iran and Iraq.

That remark did not sit well with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, who has worked hard to improve relations with his communist neighbor North Korea. Kim would like to see the two Koreas reunited. They have been separated for more than 50 years.

On Wednesday, Bush joined Kim on a tour of the heavily guarded 151-mile-long border between North and South Korea. There, Bush said that he too has a "vision" of a united Korea.

The last stop on the President's trip was China. His visit there marked the 30th anniversary of President Richard M. Nixon's historic trip to China, which came after decades of mistrust.

The U.S. and China still disagree on many issues. "As long as the two sides act in a spirit of mutual respect," said China's President Jiang Zemin, "we will be able to narrow our differences."

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