U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping look down during their news conference in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing November 12, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Differences between the United States and China over the South China Sea and cybersecurity should not be addressed by "microphone diplomacy" but in "a proper way" to allow for a successful U.S. visit by President Xi Jinping this year, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Wednesday.
Wu Xi, deputy chief of mission at the Chinese embassy in Washington, said individual issues should not be allowed to overshadow the overall U.S.-China relationship and that common interests, including bilateral trade volume of $550 billion (£354.63 billion) last year, "far outweigh" differences between the countries.
