Obama reaches out to China's new president: US President Barack Obama wasted no time in courting China's new President Xi Jinping Thursday, calling him within hours of his elevation, and raising key issues including cybercrime and North Korea.
Obama, beginning his second term as Xi embarks on his first, congratulated his new opposite number in the crucial US-China relationship, and announced the dispatch of two senior cabinet lieutenants to Beijing shortly.
The US president had a cordial yet sometimes frustratingly formal relationship with Xi's predecessor Hu Jintao, and his decision to reach out quickly to the new Chinese leadership may be a sign of intent.
