President Barack Obama sought to encourage Chinese criticism of Russia on Ukraine, while Chinese President Xi Jinping pressed Obama about a reported U.S. breach of the servers of China’s largest phone-equipment maker, as the leaders met today.
During their talks in the Netherlands while attending the Nuclear Security Summit, Obama also raised concerns about China holding up visas for U.S. news organizations and told Xi he wants the U.S., China and other Asian nations to resolve competing claims in the South China Sea to ease tensions there.
The focus of the conference has been overtaken by the crisis in Ukraine. Obama arrived earlier today for the talks in The Hague with world leaders seeking to mobilize opposition to Russia’s incursion into Crimea.
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Julianna Goldman and Mike Dorning, Bloomberg News via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/1hm22jr
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