China’s leader hosted Trump and Putin on separate occasions over the past week, here’s everything you need to know
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenSCMPPublished: 4:00pm, 21 May 2026The presidents of the United States and Russia visited Beijing on separate trips in May to meet with President Xi Jinping. The South China Morning Post produced extensive coverage of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s summit meetings in Beijing. Here are some of the highlights of our coverage, showing you what happened, what it means, and what’s next. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.1. The Xi-Trump summit is over. What comes next in the US-China rivalry?The US president’s trip to Beijing has been hailed as ‘fantastic’ and ‘historic’ but there are still many known unknowns in ties.
