September 9, 2015

"The coming state visit of President Xi Jinping to the U.S. and his meeting with his U.S. counterpart President Barack Obama will be a milestone and mutual trust will be the biggest issue and may be the largest contribution Xi's visit can make, said Ezra Vogel, a professor emeritus of the Asia Center at Harvard University.

'The boost of mutual trust may be the largest contribution of Xi's visit to Sino-U.S. relation,' Vogel said in an interview with Chinese media on Monday. 'Xi had some connection and established some friendship with local residents in Iowa during his visit in 1985 and in 2012, and this is the special bridge between Xi and ordinary U.S. people.'"

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