Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will meet U.S. President Barack Obama in the White House on February 14. Invited by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Xi will also visit Iowa and California. The leaders would “discuss a broad range of bilateral, regional and global issues”, a White House statement said. “No matter what changes affect the international situation, our commitment to developing the Sino-U.S. cooperation should never waver in the face of passing developments,” Xi said at a Beijing gathering to mark 40 years since U.S. President Richard Nixon made his historic trip to China. “In dealing with major and sensitive issues that concern each side’s core interests, we must certainly abide by a spirit of mutual respect and handle them prudently, and by no means can we let relations suffer major interferences and ructions,” Xi added. Military issues and the strategic situation in the Asia-Pacific are expected to feature heavily in Xi’s discussions.