Source: Reuters. Reporting by Beijing and Hong Kong Newsrooms and Brenda Goh; Editing by Christopher Cushing, Edwina Gibbs, Philippa Fletcher

“BEIJING, June 16 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping called Bill Gates ‘an old friend’ and said he hoped they could cooperate in a way that would benefit both China and the United States, in Xi’s first meeting with a foreign entrepreneur in years.

In a meeting at Beijing’s Diaoyutai state guest house, where China’s leaders have traditionally received senior foreign visitors, Xi said he was very happy to see the Microsoft (MSFT.O) co-founder and philanthropist after three years, and that Gates was the first American friend he had met this year…”

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