‘Given the situation [in the Middle East], the visit’s security arrangements must be extremely careful’
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenWilliam ZhengPublished: 8:00pm, 9 Mar 2026Updated: 8:02pm, 9 Mar 2026US President Donald Trump will not go to any cities beyond Beijing during his visit to China scheduled for late this month because of his tight schedule and security concerns, according to sources familiar with the matter.Several sources, who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, said United States “advance parties” arrived in China’s capital in “early March” and their preparations for the high-stakes summit had entered the “final stage”.
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A second source confirmed that Trump would only visit Beijing while in China, and that the US preparatory team had arrived in the Chinese capital.
