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Xi set for Washington meeting with Trump during US visit

Source: South China Morning Post · 23 Sep 2026, 21:18 UTC
Xi set for Washington meeting with Trump during US visit
Image: South China Morning Post · original report

Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington, according to the South China Morning Post. The meeting would be the leaders’ first face-to-face encounter since Trump’s visit to Beijing in May, with Xi due to receive a rare airport welcome.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to begin a three-day visit to the United States with a meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington, the South China Morning Post reported. The newspaper said Xi would receive a rare airport welcome from Trump. It described the planned encounter as the first face-to-face meeting between the Chinese and American leaders since Trump visited Beijing in May.

The report was presented as a live article offering updates and analysis from the newspaper’s United States and China bureaus. The supplied material provides no further details about the meeting’s agenda, the issues expected to be discussed, or the timing of the airport welcome. It also does not state whether any agreements are expected from the talks.

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