China, US vow to boost trust

President Xi tells visiting Obama adviser Rice of willingness to deepen cooperation

Beijing and Washington vowed on Monday to boost mutual trust and effectively control differences, in the highest-level visit by a White House official since an arbitration tribunal's ruling on the South China Sea intensified regional tensions.

"China is willing to work with the US to... boost mutual trust, deepen cooperation and manage and control differences in a constructive way," President Xi Jinping told US National Security Advisor Susan Rice, according to a news release issued after the meeting. The release did not directly mention the South China Sea issue.