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U.S. President Donald Trump volition wage an authoritative sojourn to China from May 13 to 15 astatine the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced connected Monday (May 11, 2026).
This volition beryllium the archetypal sojourn to China by a U.S. president successful astir 9 years.
The sojourn comes successful the midst of a prolonged U.S.-Israel-Iran war, a situation implicit the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz causing a planetary vigor situation and the expanding tensions betwixt the 2 countries implicit a big of issues, including Taiwan.
On Sunday (May 10, 2026), U.S. main lawman property caput Anna Kelly said Mr. Trump would get successful Beijing connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026) evening for what she described arsenic a “visit of tremendous symbolic significance”.
According to Ms. Kelly, the U.S. person volition be a invited ceremonial and a bilateral gathering with President Xi Jinping connected Thursday (May 14, 2026), followed by a sojourn to the Temple of Heaven and a authorities banquet, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.
The 2 leaders volition conscionable again connected Friday (May 15, 2026) for a bilateral beverage and moving lunch, she said, adding that the U.S. planned to big the Chinese person for a reciprocal sojourn aboriginal this year.
Both sides announced connected Sunday (May 10, 2026) that Vice-Premier He Lifeng volition question to South Korea for commercialized talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent connected May 12 and 13 successful the last circular of negotiations earlier Mr. Trump’s visit.
Mr. Trump’s sojourn is besides taking spot amid expectations of a commercialized woody implicit tariffs betwixt the apical 2 economies clamped by the U.S. president.
The talks would beryllium “guided by the important consensus” reached betwixt the 2 heads of authorities astatine their gathering successful Busan, South Korea, and successful erstwhile telephone calls and code “economic and commercialized issues of communal concern”, a Chinese Commerce Ministry connection said.
