Straits Times/Bloomberg: Trump said to visit China in November amid North Korea spat
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) - United States President Donald Trump will visit China in November, a person familiar with his plans said, as tensions flare on the Korean peninsula due to Pyongyang's nuclear and missile tests.
White House officials declined to comment. Trump is expected to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and Association of South-east Asian Nations summits in Vietnam and the Philippines in November.
Chinese President Xi Jinping invited Trump to pay a state visit to China when the two leaders met for the first time at Trump's golf resort in Florida in April. During that meeting, Trump notified Xi that he had authorised air strikes on Syria over allegations of chemical-weapons use.
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WNU Editor: All of my friends in China are saying the same thing about this visit .... the Chinese are going all out to impress President Trump on this visit. What's my take .... this is a state visit with all of the pomp and ceremony behind it .... expect a lot of pictures and video from the Great Hall of the People Building in Beijing between Xi and Trump.
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