The Day: Thursday, May 14, 2026

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President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping sat across from each other in the Great Hall of the People on Thursday morning, opening a two-day summit that both governments are calling the most consequential meeting between the two leaders since Trump’s first visit to Beijing in November 2017.

Trump said the relationship between the two countries is going to be “better than ever before,” CNBC reported. Xi responded with a question. “Can China and the United States overcome the Thucydides Trap and create a new paradigm of major country relations?” he asked, according to CNBC. “Currently, a transformation not seen in a century is accelerating across the globe, and the international situation is fluid and turbulent.”

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The Day: Thursday, May 14, 2026