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Xi's US Visit 2015i

Chinese president Xi Jinping will travel to Seattle on Tuesday for the start of his first state visit to the United States. He would be going to Washington to meet President Obama and concluding his trip in New York a week later. While officials from both countries will examine thorny issues ranging from cybersecurity to the South China Sea, Xi's main mission should be to reassure investors that China's economy is stable and open for business.

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Stephen Orlins, head of National Committee on United States-China Relations, who co-hosted October dinner for Xi in Seattle before his US state visit in Washington in September

China's President Xi Jinping promises 'permanent peacekeeping police squad' and 8,000 troops on standby as part of plans outlined by US President Barack Obama during UN General Assembly.

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Gauging the success of President Xi Jinping's first state visit to the US cannot be done simply by counting the number of agreements signed or business deals struck.

Beijing has pledged billions in aid and debt forgiveness for the world’s poorest nations as President Xi Jinping continues his overseas push to present China as a global power.

China’s president on Saturday pledged billions in aid and said Beijing will forgive debts due this year in an effort to help the world’s poorest nations, as world leaders begin to seek the trillions of dollars needed to help achieve sweeping new development goals.

The leaders of China and the United States yesterday pledged to curb commercial cyberespionage as President Xi Jinping concluded a state visit that analysts said had made incremental progress in bolstering recently strained relations.