China's Xi Jinping To America: Leave Asia To Asians

China's President To America: Leave Asia To Asians
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a press briefing at the end of the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit in Shanghai, China Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Xi called for the creation of a new Asian structure for security cooperation based on a regional group that includes Russia and Iran and excludes the United States. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a press briefing at the end of the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit in Shanghai, China Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Xi called for the creation of a new Asian structure for security cooperation based on a regional group that includes Russia and Iran and excludes the United States. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

President Xi Jinping at an international security summit in Shanghai on Wednesday said that the problems facing Asia today should be handled by the nations within Asia.

"Asia countries should all cooperate to resolve security issues in the region."

It was a not-so-veiled references to the U.S. as it seeks to increase its influence in Asia.

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