“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.
But Mr Corbyn is passionate against nuclear weapons, and rallies during his summer leadership campaign were packed with anti-nuclear activists who hope he will scrap the missiles if he becomes Prime Minister.
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.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has belittled Jose Mourinho’s achievements at Chelsea by suggesting Claudio Ranieri laid the foundations for their decade of success.
It comes amid increased Russian support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has faced several setbacks in recent weeks, including the loss of the government airbase in Idlib to Syria’s al-Qaeda affiliate, the Nusra Front.
Xi, on his first state visit to the US, will be hosted at the White House for a banquet on Friday. “I indicated that it has to stop”, Obama said. But he added warily: “The question now is, are words followed by actions?”
Given the region’s porous borders, USA officials emphasize that their figures are rough estimates, not precise head counts, based on allied reports about their citizens’ travel and other intelligence.