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Obama, Xi forge rapport in debut summitRancho Mirage, California (AFP) June 8, 2013 Barack Obama and Xi Jinping ended their first US-China summit Saturday, forging a rapport and policy understandings, if not breakthroughs, on North Korea, climate and cyber issues. The presidents spent eight hours together over two days, in intimate groups with staff, over a dinner of lobster and steak, and strolling through the lush gardens of a California desert oasis, in a casual departure for Sino-US ties. It was the first US-China summit since Xi, 59, assumed full power in March and Obama, ... read more |
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 NATO summit to enshrine Obama's war-ending legacy US President Barack Obama will use a NATO summit next year to write the "final chapter" of America's longest war, in Afghanistan, hoping to cement a legacy rooted in ending foreign conflicts. ... more | .. |
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US summit will help 'reduce suspicion': China media Chinese state media on Wednesday welcomed news of the first summit between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Barack Obama, saying the meeting will help "reduce suspicions" in the relationship. ... more | .. |
 China, Pakistan plan 'economic corridor': Li Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Wednesday linked growth in his country's restive west with that in sluggish Pakistan, saying the two sides wanted to create an "economic corridor" to boost development. ... more | .. |
Obama to meet Xi in California in June President Barack Obama will hold his first summit with President Xi Jinping in California next month, with Sino-US relations rattled by alleged Chinese cyber spying and tensions in the Pacific. ... more | .. |
 India, China vow to end long-running border dispute The Indian and Chinese premiers pledged on Monday to resolve a border dispute that has soured ties for decades, saying good relations between the two Asian giants were key to world peace. ... more |
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