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5/13/2026, 1:45:05 PM
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Donald Trump greeted in Beijing with red carpet and fanfare ahead of high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping – live updates
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Trump arrived at his hotel earlier, and the press pool travelling with the president noted that the highway route leaving the airport was decorated with American and Chinese flags.
Skyscrapers were lit up with Chinese characters meaning “Beijing Welcome”.
Here are some pictures of Donald Trump’s arrival in Beijing, where he was greeted by China’s vice-president Han Zheng.
As the president exited Air Force One, a red carpet escorted him to the motorcade.
The honor guard marched to line up on both sides of the walkway, which were also flanked by hundreds of men and women in blue and white – waving the Republic’s flag and the US flag while chanting.
As a band played for the ceremonial arrival, Trump offered a fist pump to the music, then proceeded down the stairs.
Travelling with the president, and following him off the aircraft were Eric and Lara Trump, Elon Musk, Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth.
Donald Trump touched down in Beijing at around 7:50pm local time/7:50am ET.
The president will be greeted by China’s vice-president, Han Zheng, along with David Perdue, US ambassador to a China.
Also welcoming Trump in Beijing: Chinese ambassador Xie Feng, and vice-minister of foreign affairs Ma Zhaoxu, 300 Chinese youth, a military band and honor guard.
Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for meetings with Chinese president Xi Jinping.
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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Donald Trump to discuss ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during meetings with Xi Jinping.
“We are in constant contact with our American partners.
We are thankful and we are expecting that the issue of ending of the Russian war against Ukraine will be raised now as well, while the president of the United States is in China,” Zelenskyy said in a speech during a summit in Romania.
The Guardian’s picture editor Matt Fidler has compiled a few pictures from previous US presidential visits to China, from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama.
The gallery offers a visual history of one of the world’s most important bilateral relationships, featuring tea receptions at the Forbidden City and tours of the Great Wall of China.
Click here to see more:
There is much for Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to discuss, but a few key issues are likely to dominate the agenda, Mark Saunokonoko reports.
In his explainer, Mark explores the high-stakes diplomatic summit between the US president and Chinese leader, focusing on tensions over trade, Taiwan, AI, fentanyl trafficking and the ongoing Iran conflict.
You can read that here:
Top Chinese and US negotiators held talks in South Korea on “resolving” trade friction between their economies ahead of the Trump-Xi summit, according to Chinese state media.
US treasury secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese vice premier He Lifeng “conducted candid, in-depth, and constructive exchanges on resolving economic and trade issues of mutual concern and further expanding practical cooperation”, China Central Television (CCTV) reported, without elaborating on the specific issues discussed.
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed on a year-long truce in October last year after a frenzy of tit-for-tat trade tariffs.
They are expected to expand on that deal in their meetings in Beijing this week.
Back in the US, a Democratic challenger who said she intends to drop out of November’s race for the Senate in Nebraska to clear the way for an independent candidate has won the state’s Democratic primary.
Cindy Burbank ran against William Forbes, who Democrats contended was a Republican plant in the race, with the intent to drop out if she won.
Forbes, a pastor who has voted for Trump and opposed abortion access, is currently registered as a Democrat.
While the state Democratic party endorsed Burbank for the primary, it has backed Dan Osborn for the general election.
Osborn, an independent, is seen as the best hope to beat the Republican senator Pete Ricketts in November.
Burbank wants to clear the field to give Osborn and Ricketts a head-to-head matchup, she has previously said.
And in the state’s second congressional district, known as the “blue dot” of Omaha and its surrounding suburbs, the state senator John Cavanaugh remained locked in a tight race with Denise Powell that remained
Here are some pictures on the newswires from Beijing ahead of Donald Trump’s visit:
Accompanying the US president on his trip to China are a host of tech leaders, including Elon Musk of Tesla and Tim Cook of Apple, with hopes of securing a series of business deals.
Writing on his Truth Social platform, Donald Trump said: I will be asking President Xi, a Leader of extraordinary distinction, to “open up” China so that these brilliant people can work their magic, and help bring the People’s Republic to an even higher level!
In fact, I promise, that when we are together, which will be in a matter of hours, I will make that my very first request.
I have never seen or heard of any idea that would be more beneficial to our incredible Countries!
The inclusion of Musk signals a reconciliation between the world’s richest man and the president after a public spat last year.
Musk had been appointed to lead the Trump administration’s cost-cutting team known as the “department of government efficiency” (Doge), but he quit after clashing with the president over US federal spending p
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Donald Trump is set to land in Beijing today for high-stakes talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, with the war on Iran expected to loom large over the summit.
Before departing for his trip to China, the US president told reporters he does not consider the economic impact the war is having on Americans and that stopping Iran from having a nuclear weapon was his top priority.
“Not even a little bit‚” Trump said when asked to what extent “Americans’ financial situations” were motivating him to reach a deal with Iran.
“The only thing that matters when I’m talking about Iran – they can’t have a nuclear weapon.
I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation.
I don’t think about anybody,” he said.
“I think about one thing: we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.”
US inflation rose 3.8% in April from a year earlier, according to the data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the highest jump since 2023 as conflict in the Middle Eas
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