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Beijing bound: What the Trump-Xi summit in May reveals about a world in flux

Underlying all issues is the broader contest for global influence

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    • Donald Trump has sought China's help in pressuring Teheran and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, but Beijing has so far declined.
    • Donald Trump has sought China's help in pressuring Teheran and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, but Beijing has so far declined. PHOTO: REUTERS

    Leon Hadar

    Published Mon, Mar 30, 2026 · 06:00 PM

    WHEN US President Donald Trump touches down in Beijing on May 14, it will mark the first visit by a sitting US president to China since Trump himself made the trip in 2017.

    That symmetry is fitting, and telling.

    Nearly a decade on, the world looks dramatically different, yet the same two men will once again sit across the table from each other, carrying the weight of the most consequential bilateral relationship on the planet.

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