Cybersecurity

Xi Confronts Life After Obama in Washington Riven by Trump

  • Presidents hold one of their last encounters at nuclear summit
  • Meeting comes amid campaigns marked by harsher line on China

Tensions Cast Doubts Over Xi-Abe Meeting in U.S.

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When the leaders of China and the U.S. meet in Washington on Thursday, they’ll face a host of disputes. They’ll also confront the possibility this might be as good as things are going to get between their countries for a while.

As Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping meet, they face one of their last encounters as heads of state on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit. They’re also confronting tensions over a range of issues including cyberspying, monetary policy and control of vital shipping lanes through the South China Sea.