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Vice President of China Xi Jinping is
presented with a souvenir Los Angeles Laker jersey with his name
imprinted on it during a vist to the Staples Center in Los Angeles
Friday. Shown (L-R) are John Cappo, AEG China President & CEO,
soccer star David Beckham of the LA Galaxy, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio
Villaraigosa and former Los Angeles Laker Magic Johnson.
Chinese
Vice President Xi Jinping began the last day of his U.S. visit by
urging closer ties and arguing that Americans benefit from their trade
relationship with China.
"A prosperous and stable China will not be a threat to any country,"
Xi said Friday. "It will only be a positive force for world peace and
development."
Xi, who is expected to become president of the world's most populous
nation next year, started his fourth day in the United States at a
downtown Los Angeles trade conference hosted by the Chinese Ministry of
Commerce. His American counterpart, Vice President Joe Biden, joined him
later.
Xi wrapped up his visit at Staples Center, where he attended a Los
Angeles Lakers-Phoenix Suns basketball game Friday night, where he was
presented with a jersey with his name on it in the company of Lakers
legend Magic Johnson and soccer star David Beckham.
Following the Lakers' victory, Xi and his party left for the airport.
'Personal friendship'
Xi said that he felt from his visit that "mainstream American opinion" supports stronger ties.
"I can now say that my visit has been fully successful," he said.
"We've established a personal friendship and a healthy working relationship," he said of himself and Biden.
Xi is almost sure to succeed Hu Jintao as Chinese president in just
over a year, and the final day of his tour of the United States featured
commercial deals and reassuring talk intended to blunt American ire
about the trade gap between the countries.
"We will further increase imports from other countries in the light
of our economic and social development and consumer demand. We will
actively expand imports from the United States," Xi later told a midday
meeting.
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