US President Donald Trump wrapped up talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing by extending a formal invitation to Xi and China’s First Lady Peng Liyuan to visit the White House on September 24.

Beijing is arguably the most powerful competitor the US has confronted in its history, one analyst says.

The US president is due to visit China from Wednesday, at a time when he is embroiled in the conflict with Tehran, of which Beijing is a partner. Meanwhile, the oil and gas crisis…