Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday to a rare planeside greeting from President Donald Trump at Joint Base Andrews, kicking off Xi’s first U.S. state visit in more than a decade amid unresolved fights over Taiwan, trade, and artificial intelligence.

AP, CBS, the Guardian, and BBC described an intentionally warm arrival tableau—red-carpet choreography after months of coercive diplomacy rhetoric—while noting that substantive deliverables remain thin. Agenda items include an expiring U.S.–China trade arrangement, critical minerals, AI incident notification ideas discussed by Treasury officials, and the fate of a roughly $14 billion Taiwan arms package Trump has described as a negotiating chip.

Ambassador Xie Feng’s “red lines” commentary and Republican senators’ demands to release Taiwan security funds underscore how domestic politics constrain both leaders. Accounts agree the Andrews welcome is historic for this Trump term; they diverge on whether pageantry will yield a truce extension, a broader deal, or mainly optics ahead of November midterms.

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