Tom Watkins proposes that while Xi Jinping is in the United States, he should learn more about Detroit’s reinvention and recovery from bankruptcy to cast new light on China’s current economic woes.

The state visit in Washington is a new chance for both sides to see the other differently, focusing on common achievements and respecting differences. To achieve that, the two presidents must reaffirm principles guiding the Sino-U.S. relationship and re-clarify their strategic intentions.

Top economic advisers to Chinese President Xi Jinping made a rare public appearance to tout new cooperation deals between U.S. and Chinese companies, in an attempt to highlight common interests ahead of what may be tense talks between Mr. Xi and U.S. President Barack Obama. The advisers on Thursday unveiled new deals in energy and railways.

A close bilateral relationship is always accompanied by more differences, frictions or even conflicts, including profound structural contradictions. So long as both regard and handle their relations from a strategic and long-term perspective, there will be no difficulty that China and the US cannot overcome.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will tour Boeing Co and Microsoft Corp in Seattle on the first stop of his U.S. visit next week, state and company officials confirmed on Wednesday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay his first state visit to the U.S. on September 22, but his connections with the American people began much earlier. During his previous U.S. visits spanning three decades, meeting ordinary -- and not so ordinary -- people has become an important part of his schedules.

A question from a member of the Pentagon’s newcyberwarfare unit the other day prompted President Obama to voice his frustration about America’s seeming inability to deter a growing wave of computer attacks, and to vow to confront the increasingly aggressive adversaries who are perpetrating them.

Seventy years ago, China and the U.S. fought side by side in World War II, and now have to work much more closely to provide public good for the world. Increasing cooperation on combating climate change was the most anticipated outcome of Xi Jinping’s state visit. Collaboration on clean technology, energy-sector reform, and energy security could contribute to the stability of the world’s economy and efforts in tackling climate change.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the United States from Sept. 22 to 25 at the invitation of U.S. President Barack Obama, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Wednesday morning.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming state visit to the United States and his meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama are of "great significance" to both countries and the world at large, Ezra Vogel, a professor emeritus at Harvard University, has said.