The leaders are meeting amid tensions in the Middle East and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping shook hands ahead of bilateral talks in Beijing on Thursday, marking the first visit by a US president to China since 2017.
In his opening remarks, Xi said he had always believed that the two countries “have more common interests than differences.”
“A stable bilateral relationship is good for the world. China and the United States both stand to gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation. We should be partners, not rivals. We should help each other succeed and prosper together,” Xi said through an interpreter.
The Chinese leader also congratulated Trump on the upcoming 250th anniversary of US independence, which will be celebrated in July.
Trump praised the “fantastic relationship” he said he had enjoyed with Xi during his first term in office. “We’ve gotten along when there were difficulties, we worked them out. We are going to have a fantastic future together,” he said.
Trump also told Xi that he had “such respect for the job” he had done as China’s leader. “You’re a great leader. Sometimes people don’t like me saying it, but I say it anyway because it’s true,” he added.
“The relationship between China and the US is going to be better than ever before,” Trump said
On Thursday morning local time, Trump arrived at the Great Hall of the People, the seat of the Chinese government. He and Xi greeted each other and posed for photographs before beginning bilateral talks.
The leaders then inspected troops lined up in Tiananmen Square.
Trump’s trip comes amid a fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel and the continuing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway that normally handles around 20% of global oil and liquefied natural gas trade.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said aboard Air Force One en route to Beijing that the US would seek to persuade China to play “a more active role” in negotiations with Iran. Washington had previously sanctioned Chinese refineries and satellite companies accused of aiding Tehran. China denounced the restrictions as illegal under international law and ordered domestic companies not to comply.
According to CBS News, Trump is accompanied by top business executives with a combined net worth estimated at $1 trillion. The delegation reportedly includes Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, and Meta President Dina Powell McCormick.
Huh? Swaggering and strutting and posturing outside in another country? So no snipers lurking around in china then?
When is the article on the CIA whistleblower on the origins of covid dropping?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uMz4whuKFNE&pp=ygUXY2lhIHdoaXN0bGVibG93ZXIgY292aWQ%3D
To be fair Xi has truly done a good job. Lifted so much of the country out of poverty. Crime seems to be low. Less nonsense than the west. Not so much on the environment front, but that may grow when China starts to comprehend the need and implement measures to clean that up.
Tibet, East Turkistan, Hong Kong.
SAVE TAIWAN!!!
Tibet, East Turkistan, Hong Kong.
SAVE TAIWAN and the East Philippine Sea!!!
True!
Notre also that Xi has a PhD, and operates on that level as a Statesman and Leader of a truly modernised nation.
Trump, on the otherhand, resorts to name calling, impulsive and disturbing posting, and has a speech pattern equal to a 14 year old, and no real advanced education.
Trump’s uncle stole Nikola Tesla’s works, inventions and ideas that used free ether energy, and turned the same over to the CIA so that populations could remain enslaved to the Zionist Terrorist Minions!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al_pZLAvbi4
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a44197280/did-the-us-government-steal-nikola-teslas-research/
Mary Trump gave us all fair warning!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcwasdoDMtg
I bet Trumpy and Xi had a little chat about Islam . . .