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Trump-Xi summit live: US president preparing to meet China’s leader with trade, Taiwan and the Iran war set to dominate talks

Ahead of the crucial talks, security has been heightened in Beijing, with the US president set to meet Xi at the Great Hall of the People Trump lands in China for high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping as Iran war looms over talks Explainer: five key issues on the table at summit I’m now sitting in the press filing centre at the China World Hotel in Beijing . Two American flags and a wooden lectern bearing a “United States embassy Beijing” seal stand on a black podium against a black curtain beneath a giant crystal chandelier. There are TVs on either side of the podium: one showing CNN, the other Fox News. Sadly, that is as close as many reporters will get to seeing Xi Jinping and Donald Trump in action today. Continue reading...

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What happened

According to The Guardian’s source item, Trump-Xi summit live: US president preparing to meet China’s leader with trade, Taiwan and the Iran war set to dominate talks, Ahead of the crucial talks, security has been heightened in Beijing, with the US president set to meet Xi at the Great Hall of the People Trump lands in China for high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping as Iran war looms over talks Explainer: five key issues on the table at summit I’m now sitting in the press filing centre at the China World Hotel in Beijing . Two American flags and a wooden lectern bearing a “United States embassy Beijing” seal stand on a black podium against a black curtain beneath a giant crystal chandelier. There are TVs on either side of the podium: one showing CNN, the other Fox News. Sadly, that is as close as many reporters will get to seeing Xi Jinping and Donald Trump in action today. Continue reading…

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Primary source: Trump-Xi summit live: US president preparing to meet China’s leader with trade, Taiwan and the Iran war set to dominate talks via The Guardian. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.

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Trump-Xi summit live: US president preparing to meet China’s leader with trade, Taiwan and the Iran war set to dominate talksThe Guardian - 2026-05-14T01:10:58+00:00

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