Xi urges US to view China objectively

President meets American business leaders ahead of strategic dialogue

The United States should objectively view China's national conditions and policies, President Xi Jinping told a former senior US official on Wednesday, ahead of a key bilateral dialogue.

Analysts said Xi's meeting with a group of US business leaders led by former US treasury secretary Henry Paulson, who is in Beijing to push forward a bilateral investment treaty, reveals Beijing's sincerity to narrow the gap in thought and strive for substantial progress in the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue.