Xi’s back-to-back meetings with Trump and Putin: everything you need to know
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“China’s leader hosted Trump and Putin on separate occasions over the past week”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that President Xi Jinping hosted both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on separate occasions within a very short timeframe (specifically noting Putin's visit occurred four days after Trump's departure).
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— NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) President Xi Jinping failed to reach an agreement on the Power of Siberia-2 pipeline and signed only comparatively mino…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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— Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin exchanged “congratulatory letters” on Sunday ahead of the Russian president’s visit to Beijing this week, four days after Donald Trump left China after a high-stakes summ…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/18/xi-jinping-vla…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/18/xi-jinping-vla…
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— China's President Xi Jinping welcomed his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin with a lavish ceremony in Beijing complete with national flags, a marching band and cheering children.
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/ce8prm60yx0o
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/ce8prm60yx0o
“The presidents of the United States and Russia visited Beijing on separate trips in May to meet with President Xi Jinping.”
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While the evidence confirms that both Trump and Putin visited Beijing on separate trips to meet Xi Jinping, none of the provided sources explicitly mention the month of 'May'. The timing is described as 'this week' or 'four days after', but the specific month is not stated in the evidence provided.
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— Trump and Putin’s handshakes with Xi in the Great Hall of the People. Composite: White House press office/Maxim Stulov/Sputnik.The senior Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov stressed that Putin’s visit to meet …
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/20/how-xi-jinping…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/20/how-xi-jinping…
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— Vladimir #Putin’s visit to China concluded with a tea ceremony hosted by President Xi Jinping. President Putin: It was a successful, fruitful & intensive day of work. I thank our teams on both Sides, …
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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— Xi Jinping welcomed Vladimir Putin in much the same way he welcomed Donald Trump. (Reuters: Maxim Shemetov/pool). Trump has visited China twice, but Xi and Putin have met more than 40 times since 2013…
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-20/vladimir-putin-xi-jin…
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-20/vladimir-putin-xi-jin…
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