Just as the pope leaves, Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive for his first state visit to the nation's capital. After hobnobbing with billionaires such as Amazon's Jeffrey Bezos and investor Warren Buffett in Washington state on Wednesday, Xi is heading to meet with President Obama. It comes as profound changes in China are straining economic ties with the U.S. One observer predicts: "This is going to be a very blunt meeting."

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