Trump and Xi shake hands as Chinese president arrives at White House with Peng Liyuan
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President Xi Jinping and China’s first lady Peng Liyuan have arrived at the White House, where US President Donald Trump greeted Xi with a handshake. The visit marks Xi’s first trip to the US in nearly a decade, following Trump’s trip to Beijing in May.
The two leaders are due to hold formal talks. US first lady Melania Trump is scheduled to accompany Peng to the National Museum of Asian Art, before both couples reunite for a state dinner this evening.
Nevertheless, the trip – and Trump’s unprecedented in-person welcome at Joint Base Andrews – come amid a fluctuating US-China relationship. Both Washington and Beijing are jockeying for position in arenas as diverse as trade, artificial intelligence (AI), resources and global influence.
Reporting by Teresa Frontado, Mark Magnier, Pinghui Zhuang, Lucy Quaggin, Nayan Seth, Han Li, Khushboo Razdan, Vincent Chow, Holly Chik, Siqi Ji and Dewey Sim
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