Photos: Trump in China for talks with Xi Jinping

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · May 14, 2026 · 162 words · By AFP; AP; Reuters

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In Pictures Trump in China for talks with Xi Jinping Trump visits Beijing for high-stakes summit with Xi as Iran, trade and Taiwan strain US-China ties.

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What happened

In Pictures Trump in China for talks with Xi Jinping Trump visits Beijing for high-stakes summit with Xi as Iran, trade and Taiwan strain US-China ties.

Why it matters

United States President Donald Trump is in Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping aimed at easing deep tensions between the rival superpowers.

Common ground

Visiting China for the first time since 2017 during his previous term, Trump received a lavish welcome from Chinese authorities.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Iran, which sells most of its US-sanctioned oil to China”

CORROBORATED

Multiple sources (CNN and others) report that China imports Iranian crude oil despite US sanctions and that the US has issued sanctions specifically targeting these shipments to China.

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web search NEUTRAL — China doesn’t acknowledge importing Iranian crude in its customs data, and the origins of the imported oil has already been obscured upstream. But Beijing also rejects US sanctions and has ordered com…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/12/china/china-oil-refineries-ir…

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web search NEUTRAL — The three people sanctioned by the United States work for the IRGC's Shahid Purja'fari oil headquarters, coordinating payments through Golden Globe, Treasury said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-issues-sanctions-over…

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web search NEUTRAL — US hits China-linked Iran oil trade with sanctions ahead of Trump trip.US issues new sanctions over Iran's oil shipments to China as part of Economic Fury.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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Claim 2: “United States President Donald Trump is in Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping”

CORROBORATED

Multiple independent news sources (Al Jazeera, The Guardian, The Hindu) confirm Trump's visit to Beijing for a summit with Xi Jinping.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 10 April 2024, Ma Ying-jeou, the former president of the Republic of China (Taiwan; ROC), and Xi Jinping, the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and president of the People's Re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_meeting_of_Ma_Ying-jeou_a…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 13 to 15 May 2026, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, is making a state visit to China. This visit is Trump's second state visit to China, and the first to occur during his second …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_state_visit_by_Donald_Tru…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of international trips made by Xi Jinping, the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the president of China. Xi Jinping has made 56 international trips to 71 countries si…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_trips_ma…

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Claim 3: “Trump in China for talks with Xi Jinping”

VERIFIED BY REFERENCE

Wikipedia explicitly confirms a state visit by Donald Trump to China from 13 to 15 May 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, commonly abbreviated outside China as Xi Jinping Thought or Xi-ism, is a political doctrine created during the general secre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping_Thought

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Claim 4: “Trump received a lavish welcome from Chinese authorities”

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Multiple web search results describe a 'lavish welcome' including red carpets and ceremonies.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following articles cover the presidential trips made by Donald Trump as 45th & 47th president of the United States: First presidency (2017–2021) List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump (…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_presidential_trips_ma…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump was the 45th and is the 47th President of the United States. He was first elected president in 2016, then was later elected to a second nonconsecutive term in 2024. Trump has repeatedly r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_third_term_propos…

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Claim 5: “The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday it “welcomes” Trump’s visit”

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Multiple web search results confirm that the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the visit and provided details on the state visit dates.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_foreign_affairs

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA; Chinese: 外交部; pinyin: Wàijiāobù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gōa-kau-pō͘) is a cabinet-level ministry of Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), and is responsible for t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(T…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China is the first-ranked executive department of the State Council of China, responsible for the country's foreign relations. It is led by …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(C…

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Claim 6: “Visiting China for the first time since 2017 during his previous term”

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Wikipedia confirms the 2026 visit is Trump's second state visit to China and the first during his second presidency, implying the gap since his previous term (which ended in 2021, though the claim specifies 'since 2017' as the start of the previous term's visits).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During his second term as President of the United States, Donald Trump enacted a series of steep tariffs affecting nearly all goods imported into the country. From January to April 2025, the overall a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_ad…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The net worth of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, is not publicly known. For decades, Forbes has assessed his wealth, currently estimating it at $6.5 billion as of Febru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_of_Donald_Trump

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Claim 7: “The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said... “China stands ready to work with the United States … to expand cooperation and manage differences””

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While the general context of the visit is corroborated, the specific quote regarding 'expand cooperation and manage differences' was not found in the provided evidence snippets (the search results for this claim returned irrelevant data about Chinese restaurants and language).

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https://threebestrated.com/chinese-restaurants-in-fullerton-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Chinese (spoken: simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語; pinyin: Hànyǔ, [a] written: 中文; Zhōngwén[b]) is an umbrella term for all Sinitic languages, widely recognized as a collection of langu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language

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web search NEUTRAL — Best Chinese in Fullerton, CA - Last Updated May 2026 - KPB Asian Bistro, Ma’s House, Twin Dragon, Oriental Chinese cuisine, China Kitchen 漢庭, Mr Z Noodle House, Yifeng Bistro 熠豐, Hong Kong Express, L…
https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=chinese&find_loc=Fullerton,…

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