Trump-Xi dinner uses wine and ping-pong references to evoke diplomatic history
A state dinner hosted by US President Donald Trump for Chinese President Xi Jinping used food, wine and table-tennis references to recall earlier moments in Sino-US relations. The menu began with Schramsberg Blanc de Noirs, linked to the 1972 “Toast to Peace”, according to the South China Morning Post.
A state dinner hosted by US President Donald Trump for Chinese President Xi Jinping was designed around symbols from the history of Sino-US relations, the South China Morning Post reported. The dinner took place in the East Room. Its details included references to “ping-pong diplomacy”, a phrase associated with an earlier period of contact between the United States and China.
The meal began with a toast of Schramsberg Blanc de Noirs. According to the report, the vineyard was selected to recall the 1972 “Toast to Peace” shared by then-US President Richard Nixon and Chinese premier Zhou Enlai. The supplied material described the dinner as heavily symbolic, but did not provide the full menu, the complete guest list or details of remarks made by Mr Trump or Mr Xi during the event.
It also did not explain whether the historical references formed part of formal diplomatic discussions or were limited to the design of the dinner. The account ended while referring to details selected by the first lady.
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