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World Service,14 May 2026,49 mins

Trump-Xi summit

Newsday

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The first of four meetings this year between China and US has just concluded in Beijing. President Xi Jinping has called for China and US to be "partners not rivals". President Trump has described the Chinese premier as a "great leader". Before the summit began the daughter of the jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai urged the US president to intervene to help secure her father’s freedom. We speak to a close associate of Mr Lai The Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos has said officials will "get to the bottom" of what happened in the Senate building, where gunshots were fired amid a continuing standoff over a fugitive legislator. (Photo: U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping stand together as they tour the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. Credit: Evan Vucci/Reuters).

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