Editor's Note: Xi Jinping's visit falls during a time of negative popular opinion towards China in the U.S. due to key issues dividing the two nations that include cyber-attacks, the recent devaluation of the Renminbi, the U.S.'s criticism of China's human rights violations and China's territorial claims in the South China Sea. Republicans in the GOP race know that taking a hard stance against China garners votes, and some have even gone as far to say that the visit should be cancelled. Donald Trump suggested he should be taken out to McDonald's. The article details Xi's itinerary and touches on the political environment surrounding his trip.
Is the White House Embarrassed of Xi Jinping’s State Visit This Week?
Xi Jinping will visit Seattle and Washington D.C. this upcoming week in a state visit to the United States. This past Thursday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry held a press conference, and shared Xi’s detailed itinerary with Chinese and foreign media. The White House formally announced the visit the previous day.
At the media briefing, Deputy Foreign Minister Li Baodong’s assistant Zheng Zeguang spoke on Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United States and plans to attend the United Nations 70th Anniversary, and answered reporters’ questions. The White House did not release any specific details on the visit, leaving China to wonder if this decision was affected by recent negative public opinion surrounding the trip.
Topics to be Discussed
Zheng confirmed that Obama invited Xi to visit Seattle and Washington D.C. on a state visit from September 22 to 25. The two sides will have an open dialogue on the international and regional situations, U.S.-China bilateral relations and domestic and foreign policy. The meeting will help enhance mutual understanding, and ensure the continued development of Sino-U.S. relations.
Xi and Obama are expected to work towards increasing cooperation in economics, trade, the military, environmental protection, aviation, climate change, development and peacekeeping. Specific issues to be discussed include Asia-Pacific affairs, Iran’s nuclear capacities, nuclear issues on the Korean Peninsula and Afghanistan. Soft power and cultural exchanges will be touched on as well- the two sides hope to introduce new initiatives for study, travel, language learning and education in order to take U.S.-China cultural exchanges to the next level.
The two leaders will discuss issues where opinions differ on each side in order to reduce misunderstanding. They will explore how to handle these kind of issues in a way that strengthens Sino-U.S. cooperation and prevents interferences.
The White House said in a statement on the 16th, that Xi’s visit, “will present an opportunity to expand U.S.-China cooperation on a range of global, regional, and bilateral issues of mutual interest, while also enabling President Obama and President Xi to address areas of disagreement constructively,” The White House did not reveal which specific issues will be discussed.
Xi’s Seattle Schedule
In Seattle, Xi will attend a welcome dinner hosted by the local government and organizations where he will deliver an important speech on Sino-U.S. relations. He will then meet with local and federal politicians, attend the U.S.-China Governors Forum, the US China Entrepreneurs Association, a welcome reception hosted by overseas Chinese and visit local businesses and schools.
On September 22, Xi will visit Paine Field, Microsoft’s main campus and Tacoma’s Lincoln High School. He will also participate in a forum for Sino-U.S. entrepreneurship and an Internet industry forum. In the evening, he will attend a welcome dinner hosted by former U.S. ambassador to China Gary Locke at the downtown Seattle Westin where he will be joined by local government leaders, businesspeople and educators including Boeing president Raymond L. Conner, Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella, Starbucks chairman Howard D. Schultz, the University of Washington provost, the chief executive officer of the Gates Foundation and chief executive of Alaska Airlines.
The following day, Xi will attend a round-table forum of business leaders hosted by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. Participants will include Alibaba’s Jack Ma, Warren Buffett, Apple CEO Tim Cook and a number of other well-known Chinese and American entrepreneurs.
The D.C. State Visit
In Washington D.C., Xi will attend a welcome ceremony, met with reporters, attend a banquet, and other activities expected for a state visit. Xi will attend a welcome luncheon hosted by Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry and meet with U.S. congressional leaders.
Xi will arrive in D.C. on the night of the 24th and have a private dinner with Obama. On the 25th, his official state visit begins and he and his wife Peng Liyuan will be received by Obama and the First Lady in a ceremony on the White House South Lawn. Then, Obama and Xi will have a summit meeting. That evening, Xi and his wife will attend a state banquet and meet with Michelle Obama.
On the 25th, Xi will attend a state dinner and will be joined by leaders in the business community, diplomats and political donors. Guests will include former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and billionaire philanthropist David Rubenstein.
Xi will also attend the 70th Anniversary of the United States in New York from September 26 to 28. This will be Xi’s first visit to the UN headquarters.
Some analysts believe that the White House did not release Xi’s detailed itinerary to the media for public opinion reasons. Recently, the Republic Party, a number of U.S. scholars and many in the American public have said that Xi Jinping’s visit should be canceled.
Source: DW News
Warning：The use of any news and articles published on eChinacities.com without written permission from eChinacities.com constitutes copyright infringement, and legal action can be taken.
Keywords: US embarrassed Xi visit Xi visits US
All comments are subject to moderation by eChinacities.com staff. Because we wish to encourage healthy and productive dialogue we ask that all comments remain polite, free of profanity or name calling, and relevant to the original post and subsequent discussion. Comments will not be deleted because of the viewpoints they express, only if the mode of expression itself is inappropriate.
Please login to add a comment. Click here to login immediately.
I'm back in the USA now, and the pope is getting way more coverage. Why? Because the pope speaks about helping the world. Xi's visit has only confirmed that the CCP only cares about itself. China has right to the South China Sea since ancient times? BS. If you use that line of thinking, then everything belongs to Africa, because that's where humanity began.
Sep 26, 2015 10:26 Report Abuse
Xi is my parents generation, red guards of Mao, they are very brutal and violent generation, because they were educated to violence under CCP. most of my generation cannot have a really meaningful truthful conversation with our parents, they were like the fighting bulldogs that trained since puppy, never learn to communicate, fighting and power struggle is only language they know, whole generation need shrink, family against family, openly condemn, newly wed wife and husband sleep separate bed, it's not only Mao's fault, it's the whole Chinese culture. now you see the later generation are rude and loud and have no moral standard everywhere they go, they only believe money and power, include scholars and farmers, all thug culture. the real Chinese culture is my grandpa and grandma generation, born before 1920. they already past away, most of them are all good people, poor or rich, truly self-disciplined, know what moral standard. Chinese culture experience 100 years turmoil, wars, starvation, struggle... when people go thru all those disasters thru 3 generations, their good culture already been killed, I don't think Muslim or Christian or Buddhism any good moral standard would survive. You are too hungry, you abandon all you moral standard and self-respect, you have to steal, be able to shut the door leave someone behind as that's life. You have to be harden, selfish, and shameless, you don't believe there's anything good in life and society, any social bounding is temporal and self-benefiting... if you have watched Walking Dead, then you know people can do mad things in desperate time.
Sep 26, 2015 08:54 Report Abuse
Frank and transparent dialogue... Nah, I don't think so. Publicity stunt for the benefit of the Chinese people.. Sure.
Sep 22, 2015 22:24 Report Abuse
Donald Trump was harsh in saying that Xi should be taken to Mickey D's for dinner. P.F. Chang's would be a better place to take him. Give him a fortune cookie and send him on his way.
Sep 22, 2015 01:09 Report Abuse
how about give him a tour of New York China town to demonstrate the effect and usefulness that China has on American and world affairs. i.e. fried rice. While he is at it he could do a mini 100 day crackdown (maybe 100 minutes) and find about 50 illigal chinese aliens and ship them back to Shanghai.
Sep 26, 2015 11:20 Report Abuse
Sign up with
Google
(
(