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Trump arrives in China with tech titans and top aides for high-stakes Xi summit

Verified: 43 outlets in 19 countries have reported this story since May 11.

📍 Beijing, China, CN·🕐 182d ago·43 outlets

US President Donald Trump arrived in China – flanked by his top aides and American tech leaders – on Wednesday night as Beijing rolled out a lavish welcome ceremony at the airport. He was received by Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng at Beijing Capital International Airport. Trump’s entourage includes Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia and a last-minute addition to the trip, as well as US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk and Tim Cook...

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The story so far · 223 reports · · 24 countries · 43 in its last 2 days✓ Verified May 12, 6:29 AM UTC
  1. May 11, 6:47 PM UTCFirst report
    Iran war raises stakes for US and China ahead of Trump–Xi talksgeo.tv ↗
  2. May 11, 9:49 PM UTC+3 h
    Trump-Xi summit will be no ‘Nixon in China’ moment – that they are talking is enough for nowtheconversation.com ↗
  3. May 12, 4:32 AM UTC+10 h
    Stung by Iran war, Trump heads to Beijing summit with Xi in need of winsbusinesstimes.com.sg ↗
  5. May 13, 3:17 PM UTC+45 h· you’re reading this
    Trump arrives in China with tech titans and top aides for high-stakes Xi summitscmp.com ↗
  7. May 16, 8:30 AM UTC+5 d
    Xi warns Trump of possible conflict over Taiwan at grand Beijing summitnbcnews.com (again) ↗
  8. May 16, 1:17 PM UTC+5 d
    US-China summit exposes Trump's limits on Iran war, Taiwandw.com (again) ↗
  9. May 16, 2:17 PM UTC+5 d
    'No sign' of China's willingness to pressure Iran after Trump's visitfrance24.com ↗
  10. May 16, 7:27 PM UTC+5 d
    Pakistan and the Trump-Xi Summit in Beijingthediplomat.com (again) ↗
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Also reported by dw.com, nbcnews.com, bloomberg.com (found among WorldPulse's own reports of the same days, Oct 22, 2026)

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