WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping vowed to fight global warming and halt commercial cybertheft, but exchanged sharp words on human rights and territorial disputes.

At an extraordinary joint news conference, Obama chided China on its treatment of dissidents and insisted hacking attacks on US firms must stop, even as he thanked Xi for his commitment on climate change.

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