Beyond the Rose Garden and the military review, Trump and Xi get down to business
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · global
After weeks of frustration, delays and posturing, Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump got down to business on Thursday, kicking off the most consequential day of their high-stakes summit, Xi’s first on US soil since 2015. The two started the morning with a formal arrival ceremony on the White House South Lawn and Rose Garden that included nearly 500 military personnel, the Chinese and American national anthems played by the US Marine Band and opening remarks from the...
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