Author: Emmitt Barry/US Correspondent

Emmitt Barry/ US Correspondent. Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Donald Trump Thursday that the United States and China must avoid military confrontation, arguing that the world’s two largest economies can compete without allowing their rivalry to spiral into war. Speaking during his state visit to Washington, Xi said the interests of the two nations are “deeply intertwined” and that both countries have far more to gain through cooperation than conflict. “China and the United States, as two major countries, stand to gain from cooperation and will both lose in confrontation,” Xi said. “China and the United States must hold…