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The White House announced: Xi Jinping will visit the United States next month

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The White House announced: Xi Jinping will visit the United States next month (Alberta Times) The White House announced on the 23rd on the first day of the Lunar New Year that Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will visit the United States in February...

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The White House announced: Xi Jinping will visit the United States next month (Alberta Times) The White House announced on the 23rd on the first day of the Lunar New Year that Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will visit the White House on February 14 during his visit to the United States in February to hold talks with President Obama on Valentine's Day. After the identity of China's next generation of leaders was confirmed, Xi Jinping's first visit to the United States attracted much attention. The White House Press Office said that Xi Jinping is visiting at the invitation of Vice President Biden and will hold talks with Biden. He will also meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other senior US officials to exchange views on bilateral relations, regional development and global issues. Xi Jinping's visit to the United States is a return visit to Biden's visit to China last year, during which he will also visit Iowa, California and other places. During Xi Jinping's visit to the United States, the U.S. presidential election was heating up and the unemployment rate remained high. Republican candidates played the "China card" in the election and stated that they would take tough measures on China's economic, trade and foreign policies. Republican candidate Romney once said that he would declare that China is a currency manipulator on the first day he takes office in the White House. Xi Jinping's visit is expected to cause waves in the U.S. political arena, but the U.S. executive branch insists on the stable development of U.S.-China relations and the established direction of integrating China into the international system and norms. Iowa expressed excitement about Xi Jinping's visit on the 23rd. Current Governor Terry E. Branstad issued a welcome statement and looked forward to Xi Jinping's arrival. Xi Jinping visited Aizhou in 1985 when he was secretary of the Zhengding County Party Committee in Hebei Province and left a deep impression on him. As the governor who received Xi Jinping that year, Brandisdale said that when he visited China in September last year, he personally invited Xi Jinping to visit Iowa. The U.S. political circles do not have a deep understanding of Xi Jinping, Hu Jintao's successor. The main purpose of his first visit to Washington is to allow the U.S. to increase its understanding of China's future leader and to establish a direct communication channel with him. Xi Jinping's visit to the United States is an important visit before the change of leadership in China this year. According to previous practice, China and the United States will not only exchange views on issues of mutual concern, but also sign a series of economic and trade cooperation agreements, among which the United States' superior agricultural products may benefit. On the 16th, China commemorated the 40th anniversary of former US President Richard Nixon's visit to China, the signing of the Shanghai Communique and the normalization of bilateral relations. Xi Jinping took over the chair and took over US-China relations. He held talks with Kissinger and emphasized that China-US relations should promote peaceful cooperation between the two countries in the spirit of "seizing the day", which seemed to set the tone for Xi Jinping's visit to the United States. However, the United States still has major differences on China's military transparency, economic and trade disputes, Internet penetration, human rights issues and the Tibet issue. U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke also said that Xi Jinping visited Iowa in 1985 when he was in office in Hebei Province and seemed to have left a positive impression on him. "He was deeply impressed by the Midwestern United States and was very familiar with agricultural issues." President Ma Ying-jeou won the Taiwan election with a majority, and arms sales to Taiwan were completed in September last year. Xi Jinping visited the White House in mid-February, so the timing was less controversial. Compared with issues such as U.S.-China economic and trade disputes, RMB exchange rate, South China Sea sovereignty disputes, and Asia-Pacific regional security, the Taiwan Strait issue is not expected to be the focus of the confrontation between the United States and China. China has expressed dissatisfaction with the United States' strengthening military presence in the Asia-Pacific region and arms sales to Taiwan. China, which has close economic ties with Iran and is Iran's largest oil exporter, is dissatisfied with U.S. sanctions over Iran's nuclear program and has recently rejected U.S. calls to reduce its imports of Iranian oil.

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