A Grand Welcome Masks the Thorny Issues Between Trump and Xi As Donald Trump arrived in China yesterday, he was greeted with a military honour guard, gun salute, and unscripted praise for his host.
The carefully choreographed welcome aimed to flatter Trump ahead of any potential deal, but tensions between Washington and Beijing remain beneath the surface.
The visit is being touted as a historic opportunity to reset ties between the two superpowers, but experts warn against reading too much into this specific summit.