Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) listens to U.S. President Barack Obama during a joint news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington September 25, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On Friday morning, Chinese President Xi Jinping enjoyed the symbolic high point of his first state visit to the United States - a 21-gun salute as he stood with President Barack Obama outside the White House.
For most Americans, it was a sideshow: the main news networks were deep into their fourth straight day of blanket coverage of Pope Francis' historic U.S. visit.
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