President Barack Obama was yesterday expected to press President Hu Jintao on the issue of sanctions against Iran at an eagerly awaited meeting in Washington that US officials had feared would not take place.
After rifts this year on issues including Google, the Dalai Lama and arms sales to Taiwan, the US had been nervous that Mr Hu would stay away from Mr Obama's showpiece nuclear security summit and that tension with Beijing would increase as a result.
Instead, both sides are now stressing co-operation. “Neither side wanted a confrontation to spiral out of control: there's too much at stake and the disagreements were bordering on petty,” said Drew Thompson at the Nixon Center in Washington.
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