MAJOR MEETING US President Barack Obama and China’s President Xi Jinping (second from right) walk from the White House to a working dinner at Blair House, on Friday in Washington, D.C. AFP PHOTO
MAJOR MEETING
US President Barack Obama and China’s President Xi Jinping (second from right) walk from the White House to a working dinner at Blair House, on Friday in Washington, D.C. AFP PHOTO

WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Barack Obama offered Xi Jinping a warm welcome at the White House on Thursday (Friday in Manila), greeting his Chinese counterpart with a “ni hao,” or hello, at the start of a tricky state visit.

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