Donald Trump appeared unusually subdued in Beijing on Thursday after a private meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, with the US president offering only a brief answer to reporters after Chinese officials said Taiwan had featured prominently in the talks.
Trump had arrived in the Chinese capital on Wednesday night with senior administration officials and a group of Silicon Valley chief executives ahead of meetings with Xi on Thursday and Friday. The visit opened with all the ceremony expected of a state occasion, including a red carpet, a cannon salute, an honour guard and children waving flags, before the two men began their first round of talks at the Great Hall of the People.
