The latest roundof the U.S.-China Strategicand EconomicDialogue (S&ED) washeld in Beijing on May24 and 25. For the secondtime since June 2009,American and. Chinesegovernment officials metto discuss ways to moveforward on difficult issues in the bilateralrelationship as well as consult on some ofthe most complex security and economicchallenges facing the international com-munity. The American contingent alonereportedly consisted of some 200 officials,probably making it the largest high-levelAmerican delegation ever to travel to China.