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In today’s CEO Daily: Fortune’s editorial director for Asia Lee Williamson takes the pulse in the region ahead of Trump’s bilateral meeting in Beijing.
The big leadership story: ‘Tokenmaxxing’ at Amazon
The markets: Up globally as investors await Trump-Xi talks.
Plus: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.

Good morning. Today all eyes are firmly fixed on Beijing ahead of President Donald Trump’s two-day state visit, the first time a sitting U.S. president has travelled to China in almost a decade.

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