China-US ties at a historical juncture: What does Xi's visit mean?

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  Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.

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  This is The Point.

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  China-U.S.

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  Ties have come to another historical juncture.

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  And while China-U.S.

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  Cooperation may not solve every problem in the world, without cooperation, it will be hard to solve.

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  Many of the world's problems.

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  Chinese President Xi Jinping sent these messages to his American hosts and people

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  around the world during his historic state visit to the United States.

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  The Chinese president and his wife are in Washington at the invitation of US President Donald Trump,

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  who had only paid a state visit to China in May.

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  President Trump pulled out all the stops in welcoming his Chinese guests,

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  as you can see, even greeting them in person on the tarmac.

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  The optics speak for themselves in terms of the importance

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  the Trump administration places on strengthening friendship with China.

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  But exactly how significant is this visit for the two sides?

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  What does it mean?

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  For the wider world, how do we get to this new quote-unquote historical juncture?

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  Welcome to this special edition of The Point with Mi Lixin, an opinion show coming to you live from Beijing.

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  I'm pleased to be joined from Shanghai by Professor Wu Xingbo, Dean of the Institute of International Studies

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