US,China pledge a new model of co-operation

But Obama cautioned,Weve got a lot of work to do to take these broad understandings down to the level of specifics,and that will require further discussions in the weeks,months,years to come.

Xi referred repeatedly to a new model of major-country relationship,reflecting his own ambitions that China emerge as an equal partner to the US on the global economic and diplomatic stage,even as its wary Pacific Rim neighbors look to Washington to check Beijings rise.

On American accusations that Chinas military broke into US computer systems,Xis response defensive and evasive. I note sharp increased media coverage of the issue of cybersecurity, Xi said. This might give people the sense or feeling that cybersecurity as a threat mainly comes from China.