Can Obama-Xi meeting change US-China ties — Economic Daily News

And President Xi, during these discussions, indicated to me that, with 1.3 billion people, he can’t guarantee the behavior of every single person on Chinese soil – which I completely understand. As it turns out, President Xi did make a statement about this, speaking in Chinese at the Xi-Obama news conference. That all I consider to be progress.

With a presidential election scheduled for next year, USA public opinion is increasingly harsh on China.

China is a strong defender of cybersecurity.

Senior USA officials said the Obama administration had been preparing a package of sanctions in recent weeks aimed at China and other nations over cyberthefts of intellectual property.

When it comes to cutting carbon emissions, Xi is under mounting domestic pressure to address choking smog, curb energy demand and shift China’s economy away from high-polluting manufacturing toward service industries.

Fan Jishe, a U.S. studies researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that reaffirming the new model at this point will give the two sides a chance to better understand each other’s strategic stance and clear the air of unnecessary doubts and concerns. We had candid and in-depth exchange of views on China-US relations and major issues that are vital to world peace and development.

Earlier this week, Xi told The Wall Street Journal that the Spratly Islands have been Chinese territory since ancient times.

Greg Morrisett, dean of Cornell University’s Computing and Information Sciences, said Obama and Xi must be willing to further tackle government-sponsored cyber attacks and commercial espionage if they hope to prevent future cyberwars.

Despite US President Barack Obama’s warning thatthe land reclamation work in the strategically important South China Sea would affect peaceful resolution of maritime disputes in the area, China might press on, reports SCMP.

At last night’s state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping, the guest of honor and President Obama were joined at their table by a select group of business leaders: Mark Zuckerberg, Satya Nadella and Tim Cook. Our two sides should cooperate because cooperation will benefit both, and confrontation will lead to losses on both sides.

He also added that poverty elimination and economic development are of great significance to all the countries when the world faces many development challenges.

The two countries also support the freedom of navigation and overflight that countries enjoy according to global law and the management of differences through dialogue, he added.

“It’s a big and complicated relationship, and so there are a lot of topics vying for attention”, acknowledged Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch.

Do you think China will stop anything it is doing while we have a weak president?

Xi arrived in Seattle on Tuesday for a three-day visit before he heads to the White House later this week. “We can expand our cooperation”.