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Experts on U.S.-China relations have highly commented on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech in Seattle, saying Xi’s ongoing state visit to the United States ushers in a great opportunity for the two sides to expand areas of cooperation.

President Xi’s speech at the United Nations headquarters was themed as “Toward Win-win Partnership for Sustainable Development”.

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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.

Six people, including a Pakistani and three women, have been detained by Malaysian and Thai authorities as part of their probe into Thailand’s deadliest bombing at a Brahma temple last month that claimed 20 lives.

It was China’s extraordinary record shifting so many families out the ranks of the poor which ensured that the overall global record in poverty reduction under the previous Millennium Development Goals was substantial, our correspondent says.

Obama said he described to Xi the “tools” the administration has to deter and punish cybercrime and cyberattacks.

“The United States welcomes the rise of a China that is peaceful, stable, prosperous and a responsible player in global affairs”, the president said during Xi’s state visit.

The Congress leaders welcomed Xi for his state visit to the United States, saying the Congress is willing to play a positive role in deepening bilateral friendship and cooperation. The People’s Daily posted photos of the table settings for Xi’s state dinner on Friday...

The 51-year-old First Lady wore a black, off-the-shoulder, cleavage-baring custom-made Vera Wang mermaid gown with a ruffled skirt and tulle straps.

The Xinhua report, datelined from Seattle where Xi started his trip on Tuesday, gave no immediate details of the models of the planes bought by a group of Chinese companies or the value of the sale. The total package is worth $38 billion, Boeing said.

The problem is that most people appear not to buy it.

While the MDGs were narrow in their focus (poverty), and aimed primarily at what donors could do, and while they are hardly known outside global development circles, they have achieved something remarkable in the development community entrenching the idea of measuring progress...

The US and China may emerge from Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit with some progress made on cyber concerns.

“The question now is: Are words followed by action?” As recently as May of this year, the U.S. Department of Justice charged six Chinese nationals with stealing trade secrets from two American companies.