The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, gave the US president, Donald Trump, a tour of Beijing’s walled-off Zhongnanhai compound in the concluding hours of their summit on Friday

A 490-year-old tree was among the sights that Xi showed Trump as they toured Zhongnanhai, the Communist Party HQ that foreigners are rarely allowed to visit.

After talks on trade, Taiwan and Iran, Chinese President Xi Jinping showed off the centuriesold trees in Beijing’s walledoff Zhongnanhai compound, where he strolled with