Jinping Xi - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Jinping Xi Index / People Transcripts Steven Chu ...really happened, I think, is Obama and Xi Jinping actually decided they're not going t... ...trained. They're engineers. Up until Xi Jinping , in the previous—they have thes... ...the deal that President Obama and President Xi Jinping brokered before the agreement wher... Christy Goldfuss ...to [Narendra] Modi in India, or talk to President Xi [Jinping] in China, than to say, “I am dedicatin... Todd Stern ...to seven years later when Obama and Xi [Jinping] sit down in Paris on the first day o... ...day of Paris for their bilateral, and Xi basically repeats that line back t... ...The Chinese, by the way—that was not Xi Jinping back then. That was President Hu. H... ...I think was quite a big thing. Then, Xi Jinping was coming. I guess he was probabl... ...Chinese is, “Obama will discuss it with Xi .” If we don't finish, we'll let th... ...all of a sudden Obama is working with Xi on climate, and Kerry is working wit... ...guys might be uncomfortable, but Xi Jinping might think this is a big deal. That... ...thing for us, because if you imagine Xi Jinping and Obama walking down the aisl... ...it. Then Kerry and I went and met with Xi Jinping and met with Li Keqiang, the premier... ...meetings with the president and with Xi and blah, blah, blah. He's got a lot t... ...to? I'll talk to anybody. I'll talk to President Xi . I'll talk to Li Keqiang. I'll talk t... ...said Obama was going to talk to Xi about that, and they basically said g... ...a big step. Rousseff, again, just like Xi after walking down the aisle wit... ...2015 was oriented around the fact that Xi Jinping was coming to Washington for a stat... ...He talked on the phone with Modi, Xi , and [Jacob] Zuma from South Afric... ...gave his. Then he did a bilateral with Xi , which was correct. Not any sense o... ...pillar in our relationship. And President Xi basically used words a little bi... Show more... Jeh Johnson ...denied everything. In September 2015 President Xi was going to have a state visit to th... Josh Earnest ...a question, that President Obama and President Xi —it was President Xi at the time... ...President Obama and President Xi—it was President Xi at the time, right? I think it was—tha... ...President Obama and his counterpart, President Xi , were at the stage, and then off t... ...of the opening statement from President Xi . Then we get to the time to as... ...Obama, and he asked a question of President Xi . President Obama gives a robus... ...answering Mark, and then looks over at President Xi —you know, sort of saying, Now it'... ...the question that he asked you. And President Xi doesn't say anything. Then hi... ...President Obama and then a question for President Xi . President Obama answers—again, it's ... ...Obama gives his answer. Then it's President Xi 's turn to answer. The thing that ... ...thing that I noticed is that even when President Xi was giving his answer to the questio... ...making small notes in the margins as President Xi delivers his answer—basically, markin... ...write. That's because, at some point, President Xi says, “And to the question that wa... ...from the New York Times,” and then President Xi proceeded to answer the question. To b... Show more... Daniel Russel ...Biden to China to meet with then Vice President Xi Jinping . But whenever the president had ... ...director, about China. You mentioned Xi Jinping . This is around the time of th... ...one another; because we understood that Xi Jinping was in pole position to succeed H... ...set up a system whereby Joe Biden and Xi Jinping , as vice presidents, could spend tim... ...and get to know each other well before Xi Jinping took power. So in 2011, Biden wit... ...extended amount of time traveling with Xi Jinping in the country, and so on. Xi Jinpin... ...Xi Jinping in the country, and so on. Xi Jinping did a return visit in 2012, etc. W... ...important. We knew, in particular, that Xi Jinping was important as a person and that w... ...factor matters a lot. Obama had met Xi Jinping as vice president maybe once before... ...once before, but certainly in 2012 when Xi Jinping came to Washington, but you couldn'... ...possibility that a brand-new president Xi Jinping was going to come to Washington, DC... ...November, towards the end of the year. Xi Jinping either had just become, or was about t... ...like it could be an entire year before Xi and Obama really got to sit down. W... ...so on. But the Chinese position was, Xi Jinping —if he's going to come to the Unite... ...the Chinese ambassador, saying, “Danny, President Xi now has in the particular frame, June... ...whether it would be possible for President Xi 's aircraft to refuel in John Wayn... ...America as an alibi that allowed Xi Jinping to make a stopover in California, s... ...sufficient time on target for Obama and Xi to talk. We need to have this meetin... Show more... Derek Mitchell ...want to be Kim Jong-un [laughs] or Xi Jinping . We want to be natural.” Regardless... Nathan Law ...timing you mention is so interesting. Xi [Jinping] has just come to power, about two year... ...on it. This was at the exact time that Xi Jinping was visiting Obama at the White House... ...regime approached that issue? After Xi Jinping came into power, the closing down o... ...in China and also in Hong Kong after Xi Jinping got the power was a downward slope. An... James Clapper ...between China and the United States, Xi [Jinping] and President Obama, which initiall... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Chicago Chicago go to the Gun Control Gun Control go to the Middle East and North Africa Middle East and North Africa go to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Nuclear Nonproliferation go to the Science Science