Cybersecurity
Scoring Obama and Xi: Big Goals But Not Much Agreement
- Climate change emerged as top area of consensus in summit
- Disputes remain on South China Sea, human rights, economy
U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he stands for photographs with Xi Jinping, China's president; first lady Michelle Obama; and Peng Liyuan, China's first lady, on the North Portico of the White House during a state visit in Washington on Sept. 25, 2015.
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President Barack Obama welcomed Chinese president Xi Jinping to the White House Friday for what Obama described as "candid conversations" spanning controversial topics from cybersecurity to human rights and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Xi said the conversations were “constructive and productive” and that the Chinese were eager to engage in “win-win cooperation” with the U.S.