Set to host Trump, Xi targets stability under cloud of Iran uncertainty

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping tour the Forbidden City in Beijing in November 2017. The U.S. leader is poised to visit the Chinese capital again next week. © AP China expected to use leverage to preserve trade truce, shape US policy on Taiwan TOKYO/HONG KONG — When Donald Trump met Xi Jinping for the first time in Florida in 2017, the U.S. president told his Chinese counterpart of missile strikes on Syria over what he called the "most beautiful piece of chocolate cake." Now, their plans to meet next week in Beijing are being overshadowed by another American military engagement in the Middle East.

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