U.S. President George Bush met with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, Sunday in Beijing, where police stopped another protest by foreign activists.
U.S. National Security Council official Dennis Wilder says the two leaders discussed human rights in China, as well bilateral and regional issues.
International media reports say a Christian activist was arrested earlier in the day while the man was on his way to a church service attended by Mr. Bush. Hua Huiqi is a pastor of one of China's underground churches, which are often harrassed or shut down by Chinese authorities. Speaking after the service at a state-sanctioned Protestant church, Mr. Bush said no state should fear the influence of religion.
Beijing
police stopped another protest Sunday by foreign activists
calling for freedom for Tibet. Students for a Free Tibet says a Tibetan
woman from Germany and four other foreign activists- two Americans and
two Canadians were detained near Beijing's Tiananmen Square after
briefly displaying a banned Tibetan flag.