The Chinese regime’s foreign ministry has confirmed that U.S. President Donald Trump will visit China this week, the first time in nearly a decade that Beijing will host a sitting American president.
At the invitation of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Trump will pay a state visit to China from May 13 to May 15, according to a brief statement from China’s foreign ministry on May 11.
It’s the first official announcement from Beijing about the U.S. president’s visit, consistent with the regime’s customary practice of releasing its top leader’s schedule only shortly before a visit.
The Chinese foreign ministry signaled in March that Beijing’s previous sanctions on U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio—who is expected to travel with Trump—are no longer in effect, although it never confirmed the dates of the U.S. president’s trip….
China to Host Trump in Beijing This Week
