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If all goes to plan over the next few days – and that is a big if – Donald Trump will arrive in Beijing on Wednesday for a highly anticipated summit with Xi Jinping, China’s leader.

The last visit was also made by Trump, during his first term, in 2017.

Back then, Beijing pulled out all the stops. On the three-day trip Trump and his wife, Melania, were treated to a private tour of the Forbidden City, the sprawling palace that housed Chinese emperors for centuries, and sat for a traditional Peking opera performance. The Chinese described it as a “state visit-plus”.

Now, as the president of the world’s biggest superpower prepares to visit his country’s biggest competitor on the global stage, the mood has shifted. Trump’s trip has been delayed by his attack on Iran, a stunning demonstration of the limits of US power, and cut to just two days.

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[-] EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Hard to say if anything will come of this, the courts have neutered Trump‘s tariffs. He’s lost the trade war at home. He’s been pulled into a conflict with Iran that he’s losing. The US is consuming its strategic oil reserves, while China hasn’t used any of theirs. It’s unlikely that Trump gets anything he wants.

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