President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who met this weekend for talks in Rancho Mirage, Calif., follow in the footsteps of predecessors, going back to President Richard Nixon meeting with Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Tse-Tung.
Here's a gallery of photos from historic meetings between U.S. and Chinese leaders.
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