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Teddy Ng

US President Donald Trump has accepted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping’s invitation to visit China, state-media reported on Friday.
State-run Xinhua news agency made the announcement as the two leaders are meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
Why the Xi-Trump summit is a high-stakes gamble
Xi arrived in Florida for the summit with Trump on Thursday, US time.
He and his wife Peng Liyuan attended a welcome dinner hosted by Trump and his wife Melania.
Ahead of the dinner, Trump said he and Xi had already had a long discussion and “developed a friendship”.


Xi said he is ready to work with Trump to push forward the Sino-US relations from a “new starting point”.
“There are a thousand reasons to make Sino-US relationship work, and no reason to break it,” Xi was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
The two leaders are expected to discuss issues ranging from North Korea’s nuclear programme to trade disputes during their two-day talks.
But the talks are now being overshadowed by the United States’ military strike against Syria.






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Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and US President Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on Thursday. Photo: AFP

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Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump as he is accompanied by China's first lady Peng Liyuan (2nd L) during a dinner at the start of a summit between President Trump and President Xi at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, with their wives, first lady Melania Trump and Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan are seated during a dinner at Mar-a-Lago, Thursday, April 6, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is seated at left. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Donald Trump talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, with their wives, first lady Melania Trump and Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan as they pose for photographers before dinner at Mar-a-Lago, Thursday, April 6, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Chinese president Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan wave as they arrive at the Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017. The president will meet with President Donald Trump for a two-day summit at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

A man watches a TV news program reporting about North Korea's missile firing with a file footage, at Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 6, 2017. A North Korean missile test ended in failure Wednesday when the rocket spun out of control and plunged into the ocean in a fiery crash, a senior U.S. defense official said. The launch came shortly before U.S. President Donald Trump's first meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this week, raising speculation that it might have been timed to get their attention. The letters read "U.S., "North, Scud missile-ER."" (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping with their wives, first lady Melania Trump, left, and Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan, right, before a meeting at Mar-a-Lago. Photo: AP