Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned the United States that China is committed to peace, but will not give up "even one inch" of territory.<br />China's state media reports that is what he told visiting U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis on Wednesday.<br /> The remarks come amid tensions between the world's two superpowers over what the Pentagon views as China's militarization of the South China Sea.<br />U.S. defense officials said that,... while both sides acknowledged points of friction,... they also sought to focus on their shared goal of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.<br />Mattis is due in Seoul for talks with South Korean officials later today. <br />
