05 September 2016

News Story: China-U.S. ties in better shape amid shadows

HANGZHOU, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- As the presidents of the world's two biggest economies concluded their eighth meeting in three years, the breadth and depth of one of the world's most vital relationships are steadily expanding.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama, on the eve of the G20 summit in Hangzhou, agreed that the two countries will deepen mutual trust and collaboration, and manage and control their differences in a constructive manner to push forward continuous, sound and stable development of bilateral ties.

Three years ago, the two leaders took a stroll in their shirtsleeves in the Sunnylands estate in California, reaching a historic consensus on a new model of major-power relationship featuring no conflict, no confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation.

The complicated U.S.-China relationship has not always been bathed in sunshine, sometimes it is obscured by storm clouds. This major-power relationship is more than a rhetorical flourish, it is heavy with significance.

Sino-U.S. relations have facilitated numerous notable accords.

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