Chinese, US Vice Presidents hold talks

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden held talks Thursday morning in Beijing, with both delivering messages of cooperation. Xi characterized Biden''s six-day visit to China as a big event in this year''s China-US relations, saying the visit will boost bilateral cooperative partnership, according to China''s (Xinhua) News Agency. "I come with a strong message that the United States of America is planning on and will continue to be engaged totally in the world," Biden said. Biden was among the first US senators to travel to Beijing after China and the United States forged diplomatic ties in January 1979.