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President Trump shows off the legendary Presidential Walk of Fame to President Xi. pic.twitter.com/qUQEM6XoLj

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Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan on Thursday toured one of the largest Asian art museums in the United States, celebrating cultural ties between the US and China during a high-profile diplomatic visit to Washington.

Leaving their husbands behind at the White House, the first ladies visited the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art in a display of soft power that united two figures known for fusing style and diplomacy. It was the first public meeting in nearly a decade between the spouses, one a former fashion model and the other a famed soprano. (AP)

President Donald Trump showed off some of his favorite things at the White House for the visiting leader of communist China on Thursday — bringing him inside his Marine One helicopter and exhibiting a new granite landing pad he built for it, along with the hulking, nearby construction site that will one day be a ballroom. (AP) 

WATCH IN FULL: President Trump takes President Xi on a tour of the South Lawn, including an inside look at Marine One and the new helipad pic.twitter.com/o6K7Ta98p1

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Trump: "We had a great meeting and he has great interest in granite. He likes granite. He's an expert on stone. And he loves good granite. Thank you very much." pic.twitter.com/iTYWgePzTi

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Xi urges US, Iran to resolve issues through talks as soon as possible.

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 US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping hold a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House

In his opening remarks, Xi said he was visiting the US at President Trump's invitation to "carry on our friendship, expand cooperation, and promote the well-being of both our peoples."

"We should coexist in peace. As I have said many times, China and the United States as two major countries stand to gain from cooperation and will both lose in confrontation," Xi said in the remarks delivered at the ceremony in the Grand Foyer of the White House.

He said the two countries should avoid the "Thucydides Trap," the theory that a rising power and an established power are likely to go to war.

"We do not need to avoid mentioning competition, but our competition should be a healthy one, and should be kept within bounds. It should be a race of catching up with one another, not a wrestle in which when either wins, or loses," Xi said.

(PTI)

The world's two biggest economies should steer away from conflict and confrontation, President Xi Jinping said Thursday after arriving at the White House for a high stakes summit with US counterpart Donald Trump.

"China and the United States must hold the line on maintaining no conflict and no confrontation between us," he said. "Our two militaries should maintain regular dialog and improve mechanisms for crisis communication and prevention."

(AFP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that two giant pandas will be heading to Atlanta soon, following an announcement earlier this year of a new conservation deal.

"In a few days, two pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, will come to their new home in Zoo Atlanta and meet with the American people," Xi said after arriving at the White House for a closely watched summit with US President Donald Trump.

(AFP)

US, China must ensure AI develops under 'human control', says Xi

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The US president said he and Xi will visit the National Archives on Friday to "see some of the greatest treasures of that proud history, including the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights."

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US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will discuss 'pressing issues' together, including AI, at the White House.

"During this visit, we will also discuss pressing issues concerning security, technology, and super intelligence -- SI. The decisions we make in these areas today can promote peace and prosperity for decades and decades to come," Trump said.

"Since the time of my first election in 2016, President Xi and I have forged a friendship, a truly great friendship, built on mutual respect and the vital interests of our people", Trump said.

He said that they have spent time together from Germany to Argentina, Japan to South Korea, and Beijing to Palm Beach, Florida. 

However, he said that this is their first time meeting together at the White House. 

To the blare of trumpets, Trump and first lady Melania Trump walked out of the White House residence onto the South Lawn, where they were to greet Xi and Madame Peng.

China's leader and his spouse then walked out of a black vehicle, where they warmly shook hands with the Trumps. Then the four posed for the cameras.

The presidents of the US and China are scheduled to deliver remarks Thursday morning at the White House and again in the evening as part of a state dinner.

(AP)

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump greet China's President Xi Jinping at the South Portico of the White House in Washington, DC 

 

Trump welcomes Xi Jinping at the White House for the lavish state visit.

Against the backdrop of broad trade and technology negotiations, US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will host Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan alongside top American business leaders at a meticulously curated White House State Dinner in the East Room on Thursday evening (local time).  

According to the Office of the First Lady detailed the preparations, curated menu, entertainment lineup, and red-toned decor were designed for the high-stakes gathering of foreign delegations, top government officials, and prominent corporate leaders. 

The official menu blends traditional American ingredients with subtle Asian accents. The formal meal opens with a historical nod through a toast featuring Schramsberg "Blanc De Noir," the exact American sparkling wine served during President Richard Nixon and Premier Zhou Enlai's landmark "Toast to Peace" in Beijing in 1972.

(ANI)

The Office of the First Lady on Thursday announced the menu of the formal state dinner that Chinese President Xi Jinping and First Lady Peng Liyuan will attend.

"The First Lady led the preparations for the dinner", the statement said.

"The menu showcases American ingredients with subtle Chinese influence, bringing the culinary traditions of both nations together," the first lady's office said.

The first course will offer a veloute; made of sweet yellow squash. The sauce will be paired with wild mushrooms, sauteed with fresh herbs, crispy pancetta and drizzled scallion oil.

Then the guests will be served fresh seabass and coated in toasted sesame seeds, braised baby bok choy, roasted garden eggplant and sauce verte.

The dessert course will be a vanilla cremeux with a sour cherry confit centre, which will top a walnut frangipane. The dessert's fruit shaped form is complimented by an ice cream made with harvested White House honey.

US President Donald Trump will host Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday for a day full of pageantry with one goal -- keeping the fragile peace between the rival superpowers.

Trump personally greeted Xi on the tarmac after his arrival on Wednesday, the first time in more than six decades that a US president has welcomed a foreign political leader at Joint Base Andrews near Washington.

He will lay on more pomp and ceremony for Xi on Thursday, treating him to a formal welcome on the White House South Lawn, a military flyover, talks in the Oval Office and finally a grand state banquet. 

(AFP)

President Donald Trump said early Thursday that China and the United States were united in their opposition to AI guardrails, suggesting ahead of his summit with counterpart Xi Jinping that the US legal system would keep the technology in check.

"Super Intelligence (SI) will be a big topic of discussion, but I want to leave it exactly where it is,"  Trump said, using his new moniker for artificial intelligence.

"That is China's position also. Our guardrail is the DOJ!" he added, referring to the US Department of Justice.

(AFP)

China and the US have reached consensus on multiple economic and trade issues during their latest round of consultations in New York, where the two sides also held their first dialogue on artificial intelligence (AI), the Chinese Commerce Ministry said on Thursday.

He Yadong, a Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesman, told the media here that the two countries' economic and trade teams recently held their eighth round of consultations in New York, reaching consensus on several issues. 

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and American Trade Representative Jamieson Greer participated in the talks in New York on Sunday ahead of President Xi Jinping's arrival in the US.

(PTI)

US President Donald Trump said artificial intelligence will be a "big topic of discussion" when he meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, but said both leaders wanted to leave things as they are.

"A big day with President Xi of China. Super Intelligence (SI) will be a big topic of discussion, but I want to leave it exactly where it is," Trump wrote in a social media post, using his preferred term for artificial intelligence.

"That is China's position also. Our guardrail is the DOJ!" Trump said, referring to the Department of Justice.

(Reuters)