Xi meets Trump:
The when, the where, the why

It is a much awaited two-day summit between the leaders of China and the United States.

President Xi Jinping of China will meet US President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on April 6 and 7. This will be their first face-to-face meeting.
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What will happen when America’s brash ‘tweeter-in-chief’ meets Beijing’s cautious, tough leader?
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Both sides have low expectations from the informal ‘get to know you’ summit, similar to the 2013 Sunnylands meeting between Xi and Barack Obama.
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Which was followed by a state visit to the US at the White House.
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Unlike Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, who stayed at the Mar-a-Lago estate in February, Xi will reportedly put up at the Eau Palm Beach Resort and Spa instead.
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There are worries about how the meeting will go after several foreign leaders experienced awkward moments with Trump.
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Abe found himself in a long handshake, and Trump seemed to ignore German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s offer of one last month.
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This time though there will be no golf diplomacy: China’s Communist Party associates golf with shady dealings and has sought to stop officials from playing it.
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Some suggest table tennis instead. In 1972, the so-called ping pong diplomacy led to a landmark meeting in Beijing between then-US President Richard Nixon (right) and Chairman Mao Zedong.
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How about some sing song diplomacy this time? In February, Ivanka Trump posted a video of her daughter singing a Chinese New Year song.
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In fact, contacts between Ivanka’s husband Jared Kushner and the Chinese side paved the way for the summit.
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Besides getting to know each other, both men will discuss top issues like North Korea - China is Pyongyang's last-remaining major ally.
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Trade - Trump has vowed that “the theft of American prosperity” by foreign countries would end.
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Currency - Trump had vowed during the campaign to label China a currency manipulator on his first day in office, but that did not happened.
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