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Pomp and pageantry: Key moments from day one of Trump's visit to China
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Pomp and pageantry: Key moments from day one of Trump's visit to China

BBC News · May 14, 2026, 7:13 AM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Donald Trump was greeted by a troop parade and cheering children, ahead of a two-hour long meeting with China's leader Xi-Jinping, and a tour of the Temple of Heaven.
  • Watch: Passengers evacuated from virus-hit cruise ship off Cape Verde The Dutch foreign ministry confirmed that a British, German and Dutch national had now been taken from the virus-hit ship.
  • Watch: 20,000 teddy bears highlight plight of missing Ukrainian childrenEach bear in the installation in Washington, DC, is meant to represent one of the children Ukraine says have been abducted by Russia.

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Donald Trump was greeted by a troop parade and cheering children, ahead of a two-hour long meeting with China's leader Xi-Jinping, and a tour of the Temple of Heaven.

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Watch: Passengers evacuated from virus-hit cruise ship off Cape Verde The Dutch foreign ministry confirmed that a British, German and Dutch national had now been taken from the virus-hit ship.

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