WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) -- Beijing quietly pressured U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to curtail meeting with dissidents on last week's trip to China, sources say.
Quoting people familiar with the situation, the Washington publication Politico reported that Chinese diplomats in Washington discreetly urged Pelosi to not show up the country's leadership by loudly criticizing Beijing's human rights record as she has done in the past.