President Obama in Southland for desert summit with China’s President Xi Jinping

US President Barack Obama welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping for their bilateral meeting at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, California, on June 7, 2013. Ditching the crushing formality of US-China summits, Xi and Obama met in Rancho Mirage, California, a playground of past presidents and the powerful. Allegations of Chinese cyber hacking and espionage, North Korea’s nuclear defiance and constant trade niggles between the world’s two single largest economies and possible future superpower rivals will dominate the talks.   (JEWEL SAMAD / AFP/Getty Images)

Protesters for the Tibetan cause carry flags and placards while shouting slogans in a cordoned off protest zone across from where US President Barack Obama is due to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in the California desert community of Rancho Mirage, California, on June 7, 2013.  (FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP/Getty Images)

California Gov. Jerry Brown greets President Obama upon his arrival at the Palm Springs airport. Obama is meeting Friday and Saturday with Chinese President Xi Jinping in nearby Rancho Mirage.   (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

California First Lady Anne Gust Brown welcomes President Obama at the Palm Springs airport. Obama is meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in nearby Rancho Mirage.   (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

California Gov. Jerry Brown stands in the shade of Air Force One after greeting President Obama at the Palm Springs airport. The president is meeting his Chinese counterpart in nearby Rancho Mirage.   (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Spectators who came to view the arrival of Air Force One in Palm Springs try to help a motorist whose car became stuck in soft sand.   (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

From left, Louis Enrique Gonzalez, Adrian James and Edna Monroy are among 11 immigration activists who staged a sit-in at San Vicente Boulevard and 26th Street during President Obama’s nearby fundraising stop in Santa Monica before he headed to a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Rancho Mirage. The activists were protesting against Obama’s immigration policies.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

An immigration activist is arrested after taking part in a sit-in in the intersection of San Vicente Boulevard and 26th Street, about a block from where President Obama made a fundraising stop in Santa Monica before moving on to his summit with China’s Xi Jinping in Rancho Mirage.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

An immigration protester gestures during a demonstration in the intersection of San Vicente Boulevard and 26th Street. President Obama attended a fundraising event nearby in Santa Monica before heading to a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Rancho Mirage.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Carol Kravetz joins other activists near the intersection of San Vicente Boulevard and 26th Street, about a block from where President Obama attended a fundraising event in Santa Monica. He later went to Rancho Mirage to begin a two-day summit with China’s president, Xi Jinping.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Travis Fearing, center, and Aura Vasquez, right, demonstrate with others near the intersection of San Vicente Boulevard and 26th Street during President Obama’s fundraising stop nearby in Santa Monica. The president later met with his Chinese counterpart in Rancho Mirage.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Immigration advocates stage a rally at San Vicente Boulevard and 26th Street during President Obama’s nearby fundraising stop in Santa Monica. The president later met with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in Rancho Mirage.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa greets President Obama at Los Angeles International Airport. The two Democrats boarded Marine One for a trip to Santa Monica, where Obama attended a fundraising event before moving on to Rancho Mirage for a summit with the Chinese president.   (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)