From first ladies Peng, Melania renewing acquaintance to helicopter that Xi likely won't board, some highlights from SCMP's recent reporting We have put together stories from our coverage of Xi and Trump's meeting in the US so far.

Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump greeted Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, when the Chinese President landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.

CNN has announced that it will be present at the meeting between Donald Trump and the Chinese President Xi Jinping at the National Archives on Friday, September 25

President Donald Trump and his allies inside and outside his administration are aiming to blanket polling places with an expanding network of party and federal election monitors this November, intensifying scrutiny of the nuts and bolts of voting as Trump hunts for what he claims,

US-Iran War Live: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered a defiant speech at UN. Pezeshkian held a image of late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as he made his address. Trump acknowledged a meeting between US and Iranian officials,

A 30-second Donald Trump ad took an unexpected turn at the very end. A disclaimer showed a message identifying the U.S. government as its payer. The spot aired during Jesse Watters Primetime on Fox News and wrapped Trump-focused imagery and political messaging around a repeated “love me” refrain.

From an extended trade truce and China's grip on rare earths to the AI race, the Iran war and the Taiwan question, the Trump-Xi meeting put five major issues at the heart of the US-China relationship under the spotlight.

President Trump highlighted the U.S. military operation in January to arrest then-President Nicolás Maduro and the subsequent lucrative oil deal reached with the current leadership of Venezuela as he

American chief executives turned out in force to see Xi Jinping, while their Chinese counterparts were absent, a sign of how drastically business ties have changed.

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan for an opulent State Dinner.