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Trump due in China for high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping | First Thing

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Xi Jinping, in Beijing](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/766770d0ba5d5db19dd6c67db0bd68525d88d5da/164_0_1331_1065/master/1331.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Donald Trump, pictured with Xi Jinping in Beijing

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Xi Jinping [discussed the Strait of Hormuz](/news/liveblog/2026/5/15/iran-war-live-trumps-visit-to-china-shadowed-by-conflict-with-tehran) during talks in Beijing, with the White

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Xi Jinping, in Beijing this month.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e3d549864dc92e85acf25e98253fac4034c32ece/0_0_5538_3692/master/5538.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Elon Musk, center, departs after a welcome

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Xi Jinping shake hands as they depart following a bilateral meeting at Gimhae Air Base

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Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, many feared the unpredictable US leader could upend Washington

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Xi Jinping](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/26/trump-xi-jinping-china-trip-rescheduled-may). “President Trump is going to want to have this war more

Trump-Xi summit live: US president preparing to meet China’s leader with trade, Taiwan and the Iran war set to dominate talks

Xi Jinping](https://www.theguardian.com/world/xi-jinping) are expected to discuss trade and tariffs, Taiwan and AI. Stay

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Xi Jinping in Beijing last week, that he may speak with Taiwan’s President William

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Xi Jinping, marking [75 years of diplomatic ties](/features/2026/5/21/iron-brothers-how-china-and-pakistan-built-an-unlikely-75-year-bond) between the two nations. Pakistan is among

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Xi Jinping met at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on Thursday, the bilateral

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Xi Jinping, saying the two leaders would hold a “long talk” on Iran even as trade

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Xi Jinping in Beijing. The White House said Xi had "made clear China's opposition

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Xi Jinping. Upon arrival in Beijing on Wednesday, Trump introduced the group by telling Xi