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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan have a chat over tea with U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday agreed to build a constructive relationship of strategic stability based on respect, fairness and reciprocity, Xinhua reports.
The consensus was reached during a tea chat at the White House attended by Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, and Trump and his wife, Melania Trump.
Xi said the trip to Washington was his first state visit to the United States in 11 years.
During the visit, the two sides added new substance to the vision for the China-U.S. relationship, and agreed to jointly build a constructive relationship of strategic stability based on respect, fairness and reciprocity, Xi said.
The two sides also achieved mutually beneficial outcomes in the economic and trade fields, which will be welcomed by the people of both countries and the international community, he added.
Stressing that the future of China-U.S. relations is bright, Xi said that it reflects the trend of history.
The road to a bright future is often winding, with difficulties and challenges bound to arise along the way, Xi said, adding that it is in line with the laws governing the development of things.
Xi said he is willing to work with Trump to write a new chapter in the history of China-U.S. relations with the courage and a sense of responsibility to history.
Calling Xi's state visit to the United States constructive and very successful, Trump said that the two sides held in-depth exchanges on U.S.-China relations and major international and regional issues, achieving positive outcomes that will benefit both countries.
He said he looks forward to maintaining close contact with Xi and jointly guiding the development of U.S.-China relations.
After the tea chat, Xi and Peng, accompanied by Trump and Melania, visited the U.S. National Archives. They walked together into the central hall, where they were briefed on the National Archives and its exhibits.
The archives carry the wisdom of the forebears and offer insights for the future, Xi said, adding that over the past 250 years, the American people have pursued the American Dream and built a prosperous country and a beautiful home on the North American continent.
The Chinese people, inheriting 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, have continued to make new achievements on the new journey toward realizing the Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, Xi said.
As two distinctive countries, China and the United States have different histories and cultures, social systems and development paths, Xi said.
However, the people of the two countries share the same aspiration for a better life despite the differences, he said.
If the two countries recognize and respect their differences, deepen mutual understanding and learn from each other, seek the biggest common denominator, expand the list of areas for cooperation, and properly manage differences, China-U.S. relations will enjoy steady and sustained growth, Xi said.
NYT: As Xi leaves Washington, divisions still simmer beneath the surface
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President Trump welcomed Xi Jinping of China for a state visit that was heavy on pomp and ceremony. But surprisingly little time was spent on the issues that most divide the two superpowers, The New York Times writes.
The state visit by President Xi Jinping of China was full of lavish gestures and polite words, but there were few tangible policy announcements on some of the most pressing issues of modern times, such as artificial intelligence, the future of Taiwan and the war in Iran.
At least in public, President Trump seemed more focused on playing host than challenging his geopolitical rival.
Over tea at the White House with Mr. Xi, Mr. Trump described the summit as “tremendous” and said the two superpowers had made “great strides.” Mr. Xi said he and Mr. Trump had added “new substance” to the relationship.
But after nearly two days of meetings, the leaders of the world’s two largest economies and artificial intelligence superpowers had little to show beyond the pageantry.
Gone were the days when Mr. Trump used meetings with the Chinese leader to celebrate big business deals, like purchases of soybeans and Boeings. Instead, he stressed how well he and Mr. Xi get along, as if that were a shield to questions about Chinese companies aiding Iran with satellite imagery that it has used to mount attacks in the region, or the rapid growth of its nuclear weapons program or its territorial declarations in the South China Sea.
“Trump has increasingly collapsed the vast challenge of U.S.-China relations into the narrow question of his personal relationship with Xi,” said Julian Gewirtz, a former China director for the National Security Council in the Biden administration and now a research scholar at Columbia University. “He seems either unaware of or unconcerned by Beijing’s effort to turn today’s stabilization into tomorrow’s constraints on U.S. policy.”
Mr. Trump showed the Chinese leader the construction of the White House helipad and ballroom. He presented Mr. Xi a statue of a bald eagle as American tech titans dined on sea bass. And even as the White House runs a taxpayer-funded advertisement condemning communism, Mr. Trump took the leader of China on a tour of the National Archives to see the founding documents of American democracy.
In many ways, the summit between Mr. Trump and Mr. Xi was more notable for what they appeared to avoid detailing rather than what they did announce.
Of course, the administration could announce some progress in the days ahead. When asked if the visit had produced additional policy plans, the White House referred to one of Mr. Trump’s social media posts describing the visit as “one of Friendship, Strength, and Success.” “Much has been, and will be, accomplished,” Mr. Trump said without providing details.
Mr. Trump’s aides and supporters say his personal relationship is key to his diplomatic approach with China.
The two nations did agree to extend, briefly, a trade truce reached in October 2025 during a meeting in South Korea. That deal had eased an intensifying economic confrontation, during which Mr. Trump imposed tariffs that briefly reached 145 percent, and Mr. Xi suspended most exports of critical minerals and magnets.
The accord, set to expire in November, was extended by two months. Mr. Trump said his efforts with Mr. Xi would also be “great for the farmers” but neither side gave any details. China had agreed to sharply increase its purchases of American agricultural products when the two leaders last met, but there is little sign Beijing has made good on the promise.
There were no new announcements on how to rein in artificial intelligence, even after a summer in which A.I. agents broke out of the “sandboxes” where they were being tested, conducted cyberattacks on their own and covered their tracks. Mr. Trump had short-circuited the discussion using social media to declare that A.I. “will be a big topic of discussion, but I want to leave it exactly where it is,” posting hours before Mr. Xi arrived. “That is China’s position also.”
But the Chinese leader, in his opening statement, emphasized the need for “human control” over A.I. agents, a topic Mr. Trump has avoided. It is still unclear whether they discussed the subject at any length in private.
Much the same mystery surrounds their talks on Taiwan. Mr. Trump told reporters on the way back from his trip to China in May that he would soon decide on a new arms package for Taiwan, after consulting Taiwan’s “leader,” presumably a reference to President Lai Ching-te. Such a consultation would have been a breach of the rules in how to deal with the island territory, which China claims as its own, and there is no evidence that it happened. Mr. Trump never made public a decision.
Mr. Xi pressed Mr. Trump to oppose Taiwan independence, according to a Chinese readout of their meetings. (To shape the narrative, China turned out its version of the discussions almost immediately.)
Mr. Trump appears to have not given him any commitments. David Purdue, the U.S. ambassador to China, told CNBC there had been no change in the administration’s approach to Taiwan.
The two are expected to meet again this year. Mr. Trump told Mr. Xi that he would be attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, China, in November. He later added that Mr. Xi agreed to attend the Group of 20 summit in Florida in December. “I look forward to our next meeting!” Mr. Trump said on social media.
Mr. Trump insisted on social media that the meetings with Mr. Xi were “very productive.”
US leader and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed "on-going global concerns," including those concerning Russia, North Korea, and Iran
US leader Donald Trump advocated for trilateral arms control talks involving the United States, Russia, and China, while hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state visit in Washington, according to a fact sheet released by the White House, TASS reports.
"The President advocated for trilateral arms control negotiations between the United States, Russia, and China," the White House said following the Chinese leader’s visit to the US on September 23-25.
The two leaders also discussed "on-going global concerns," including those concerning Russia, North Korea, and Iran. "They agreed that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon and that no country or institution can be allowed to impose tolls on international waterways," the fact sheet reads.
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