President Trump wrapped up his whirlwind three-day trip to China after tea and lunch with Xi Jinping early Friday morning, Eastern time. The commander-in-chief and his Chinese counterpart discussed a wide range of pressing issues over the course of the historic summit, aimed at shoring up relations between Washington and Beijing and opening up the communist country to American businesses. Here are the top takeaways from Trump’s trip. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive at a state banquet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on May 14, 2026. Getty Images 1. Taiwan remains a flashpoint Xi raised the issue of Taiwan with Trump right out of the gate, but the president has thus far refused to budge on changing the long-standing US policy toward the self-governing, democratic island that China claims as its own.…