President Trump toured Beijing’s Temple of Heaven alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping following a two-hour bilateral meeting during his four-day state visit to China.
Xi took the opportunity to enlighten Trump about Chinese philosophy and the Communist Party’s role in preserving it. Xi told Trump that ancient Chinese rulers held sacrificial ceremonies at the 600-year-old site to pray for national prosperity, peace and favorable weather, according to an official Chinese statement.
China says ready to work with U.S. to translate new vision of ties into actions in same direction
China is ready to work with the U.S. side to translate the new vision of bilateral ties into actions in the same direction, to jointly promote the steady, sound and sustainable development of bilateral relations, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun said here on Thursday.
Responding to a query at a regular press conference, Guo said Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday morning, during which the two sides reached common understandings on the new vision of building a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability, which is expected to provide strategic guidance for bilateral relations over the next three years and beyond.
Source: Xinhua News
Ahead of the bilateral meeting between U.S.and Chinese leaders, including President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was spotted pointing up at the ceiling inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
President Xi stressed to President Trump that the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations. If it is handled properly, the bilateral relationship will enjoy overall stability. Otherwise, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy.
“Taiwan independence” and cross-Strait peace are as irreconcilable as fire and water. Safeguarding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is the biggest common denominator between China and the U.S.
President Xi Jinping held talks with U.S. President Donald J. Trump.
President Xi noted that transformation not seen in a century is accelerating across the globe, and the international situation is fluid and turbulent. The world has come to another crossroads. Can China and the United States overcome the Thucydides Trap and create a new paradigm of major-country relations? Can we meet global challenges together and provide greater stability for the world? Can we build a bright future together for our bilateral relations in the interest of the well-being of the two peoples and the future of humanity? These are the questions vital to history, to the world, and to the people. They are the questions of our times that the leaders of major countries need to answer together.
President Xi stressed that the two countries have more common interests than differences, success in one is an opportunity for the other, and a stable bilateral relationship is good for the world. We should be partners, not rivals. We should help each other succeed and prosper together, and find the right way for major countries to get along well with each other in the new era. I look forward to our discussions on major issues important to our two countries and the world, and working together with you to set the course and steer the giant ship of China-U.S. relations, so as to make 2026 a historic, landmark year that opens up a new chapter in China-U.S. relations.
Dozens of children lined the red-carpet outside of China's Great Hall of the People to welcome President Trump and China's President Xi Jinping, jumping up and down with excitement and waving flags as the two leaders walked by ahead of their bilateral meeting.