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Why Did China's President Visit Seattle First?

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, at a banquet in Seattle.
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, at a banquet in Seattle.

David Hyde speaks with David Bachman, a professor of international studies at the University of Washington, about why Seattle was Chinese President Xi Jinping's first stop on this trip to the U.S.

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