Chinese president urges political solution to Syrian crisis 6 (Xinhua) -- The Syrian crisis should be resolved through political means rather than a military strike, Chinese President Xi Jinping said here on Friday. "A political solution is the only right way out for the Syrian crisis, and a military strike cannot solve the problem from the root," Xi said at a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama on the sidelines of a G20 summit here. "We expect certain countries to have a second thought before action," he added.