Watch: Xi Jinping meets with 'old friend' Bill Gates in Beijing
A China Central Television news broadcast shows Bill Gates and Xi Jinping shaking hands. Photo: AFP
President Xi Jinping told his "old friend" Bill Gates on Friday that China had always placed its hopes in the American people, after the Microsoft co-founder's foundation pledged $50 million to help Chinese efforts to battle disease.Gates -- one of the world's richest men -- is the latest in a string of Western business leaders...