Holding no illusions about making lasting deals at this week’s summit, China’s leader looks to project Beijing as an alternative to U.S. volatility on the world stage.
May 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. EDT53 minutes ago
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017. (Rao Aimin/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump is set to visit China this week for the first time since 2017, when he received a red-carpet welcome from children waving American and Chinese flags, and Chinese officials hoping to negotiate with a leader they viewed as a pragmatic businessman and dealmaker.
