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Xi praises US ‘milestone’ visit and relationship, offers Trump roses

Al Jazeera · · 71 words
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“US President Donald Trump was struck by the size of the roses during a tour of Zhongnanhai gardens in Beijing”
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Multiple independent sources confirm Trump toured the Zhongnanhai gardens and commented on the roses. Sky News reports he said, 'These are the most beautiful roses anyone has ever seen,' and Republic World confirms he was 'mesmerised' by them during the tour.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa, is a new religious movement founded by Li Hongzhi in China in the early 1990s. Falun Gong has its global headquarters in Dragon Springs, a 173-hectare (427-acre) co…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Lawson Thornton (born January 2, 1954) is an American businessman and professor and director of the Global Leadership Program at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He is also chairman of Barrick Gol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Thornton
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Kim–Xi meetings were a series of summits between North Korea and China during 2018, 2019 and 2025. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on March 25–28, 2018. Xi made …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim–Xi_meetings
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“President Xi Jinping offered to send him some [roses]”
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Sky News explicitly reports that Xi Jinping promised to send rose seeds to Donald Trump following their walk in the gardens.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 8 to 10 November 2017, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, made a state visit to China with his wife, the first lady of the United States, Melania Trump. This was Trump's first stat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_state_visit_by_Donald_Tru…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 13 to 15 May 2026, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, made a state visit to China. This visit was Trump's second state visit to China, and the first to occur during his second pres…
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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“Xi praised the new ‘constructive and strategic’ relationship with the US”
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Sputnik International reports that China and the US agreed to build 'constructive, strategic and stable relations,' and The Guardian reports that Xi lauded a 'new era' of relations, with the foreign ministry emphasizing stable and sustainable development.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2012, the People's Republic of China has officially referred to its present era as the New Era of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, which started when Xi Jinping succeeded Hu Jintao as gen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_secretaryship_of_Xi_Ji…
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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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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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“Trump concluded his China trip”
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Wikipedia entries for '2017 state visit by Donald Trump to China' and '2026 state visit by Donald Trump to China' confirm multiple trips to China, and web results from Sky News and other outlets confirm he left China after the specific summit mentioned in the context.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 8 to 10 November 2017, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, made a state visit to China with his wife, the first lady of the United States, Melania Trump. This was Trump's first stat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_state_visit_by_Donald_Tru…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 13 to 15 May 2026, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, made a state visit to China. This visit was Trump's second state visit to China, and the first to occur during his second pres…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_state_visit_by_Donald_Tru…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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