Trump, who promised Americans he would make China pay, ended up flying to Beijing to pay his grovelling respects

BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping welcomed US President Donald Trump with a handshake on Thursday in Beijing for a superpower summit on thorny issues including Iran, trade and…

Chinas Präsident hat den US-Präsidenten in Peking empfangen. Trump lobt den Gastgeber als »großartige Führungspersönlichkeit«. Es sei eine Ehre, Xis Freund zu sein.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump with a handshake on Thursday in Beijing for a superpower summit on thorny issues including Iran, trade and Taiwan.

Donald Trump did not receive the “big fat hug” from Xi Jinping that he had predicted ahead of his formal welcome ceremony in Beijing on Thursday (14 May). Kicking off the…

The world’s two most powerful men – US president Donald Trump and China’s leader Xi Jinping – struck a cordial tone, but will the goodwill deliver the win they are both chasing?

Chinas Staatschef heißt Donald Trump herzlich Willkommen. Inhaltlich fährt Xi Jinping jedoch eine harte Linie – insbesondere bei der Taiwan-Frage.

Trump had arrived in China with accolades for his host, calling Xi a "great leader" and "friend", as he predicted that their countries would have "a fantastic future together".

Trump, who promised Americans he would make China pay, ended up flying to Beijing to pay his grovelling respects

Donald Trump dropped some of his usual mannerisms and behaviour as he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in a ceremony full of the pomp the US President enjoys

Chinese leader appears to be in the driving seat as the unusually polite US president ignores questions on Taiwan

While Donald Trump arrived for the summit wanting deals and help on Iran, Xi Jinping wanted only one thing: for China to be recognized as an equal power.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping hosted President Trump and offered the U.S. a "new vision" of relations more focused on trade and collaboration than on confrontation. Trump in turn,…

Editorial: The president’s meeting with Xi Jinping was superficially cordial, extending a truce borne of necessity

No swift end to the Iran war, uncertainty over Taiwan and only vague outlines of commercial deals … but the US president did get to bask in the company of Xi Jinping