Xi seeks to defuse all tensions with US, including cybercrime

Washington

CHINESE President Xi Jinping opened his US visit by seeking to ease concerns on almost every dispute between the two powers, even expressing readiness to cut a deal on one of the thorniest issues, cybersecurity.

In a 35-minute speech in Seattle laced with references to American culture from House of Cards to Hemingway, Mr Xi told business leaders that China was committed to market-based reforms and wanted to modify, not overturn, the economic world order.