Trip will be first to the country by a US president since 2017 and include two bilateral meetings, according to White House.

US President Donald Trump will pay a state visit to China from May 13 to 15 at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, the foreign ministry in Beijing said on Monday. It will mark the first visit to China by an American president in almost nine years and comes at a time of heightened bilateral tensions over a range of issues, including trade, technology and defence. The timing also intersects with a precarious US-Iran ceasefire and a dual blockade of the Strait of Hormuz that is driving up…

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