PALM BEACH, U.S. -- The primary goal of Chinese President Xi Jinping in the first face-to-face meeting with his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, was to seek a new beginning for his "major powers" initiative. But he got off to a rather rocky start; the summit was overshadowed by a series of unexpected events.
On Thursday night, Xi and his wife arrived at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in an already summery Florida, where daytime temperatures reach 30 C. During the dinner, the couple enjoyed listening to Trump's granddaughters singing Chinese folk songs and reciting poems from China's Tang dynasty.