NewzVille Desk
US President Donald Trump will pay an official visit to China from 13-15 May at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. This will be the first visit to China by a US president in almost nine years.
The visit comes in midst of a prolonged US-Israel-Iran war, crisis over the blockade of Strait of Hormuz causing global energy crisis and the increasing tensions between the two countries over a host of issues, including Taiwan.
US principal deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said Trump would arrive in Beijing on Wednesday evening.
According to Kelly, the US leader will attend a welcome ceremony and a bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping on Thursday, followed by a visit to the Temple of Heaven and a state banquet, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.
