# Xi Jinping will meet Trump in Washington from a vastly different position

https://mins.news/en/item/70195

- CNN, 2026-09-23 08:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/23/china/trump-xi-summit-washington-intl-hnk?Date=20260923&Profile=CNN

> CNN’s Simone McCarthy writes that when Chinese leader Xi Jinping visits Washington this week to meet President Donald Trump, he will be in a vastly different position from the last time the two men met face-to-face in the United States nearly a decade ago.

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