By Trump travels to Beijing from May 13-15 at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday
The first visit by a U.S. president to China in nearly nine years. Trump will arrive Wednesday evening, attend a bilateral meeting with Xi on Thursday, and visit the Temple of Heaven before a state dinner.
President Donald Trump has departed for Beijing with SpaceX founder Elon Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang aboard Air Force One.
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Melania Trump and a delegation of American CEOs will accompany him. Bloomberg reported on May 11 that the Trump administration had invited Musk, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and other major American corporate heads to accompany the president on his state visit to China from May 13-15. Reuters had previously claimed Huang would not come as he was not invited.
Trump was last in China on a state visit on November 8-10, 2017.
[UPDATE-May 15] Trump concludes his China visit, now flying home
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