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Obama Hosts Xi at White House

The United States welcomed Chinese President Xi to the White House Friday with full honors, including a 21-gun salute, ahead of his talks with President Barack Obama, which are expected to focus on difficult issues such as China's alleged cyber intelligence gathering, Beijing's economic practices and its policy on territorial disputes in the South China Sea. President Xi, beaming, said relations between China and the United States are "at a new starting point," as he...

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