China's Xi woos big business as US visit begins

SEATTLE: Chinese President Xi Jinping began a state visit to the United States on Tuesday with a stop in Seattle, to demonstrate to Washington how essential good relations with Beijing are to US industry.

While President Barack Obama has a long list of issues -- from military relations to human rights to cyber-theft -- waiting for the Chinese leader's arrival in the US capital on Thursday, Xi was meeting with the heads of US giants like Boeing, Microsoft and Starbucks.