Jan 19, 2025 · Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met US Vice President-elect JD Vance on Sunday. Chinese leader Xi Jinping may not have personally accepted US President-elect Donald Trump’s invitation to his...

Jan 19, 2025 · China. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the first foreign leader whose invitation to the inauguration became public in December. Xi will not attend but is sending Vice President Han Zheng. The announcement to dispatch Han was made Friday by the country’s foreign ministry, and it comes as the rivalry between the U.S. and China may escalate under Trump.

Jan 17, 2025 · China is sending Vice-President Han Zheng to US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday - the first time a senior Chinese leader will witness a US president being sworn in.

Jan 21, 2025 · Beijing has said it is “necessary” to maintain contact with US officials, when asked if China would drop its sanctions on the new US secretary of state, Marco Rubio. ... The inauguration day ...

Jan 17, 2025 · China is for the first time sending one of its highest-ranking Chinese Communist Party officials to Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, illustrating Beijing’s two-pronged strategy of ...

Jan 17, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, but he is sending Vice President Han Zheng as his special representative.

Jan 20, 2025 · China is sending Vice-President Han Zheng to US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday - the first time a senior Chinese leader will witness a US president being sworn in.

Jan 17, 2025 · China's leader Xi Jinping is sending a top envoy to attend President-elect Trump's inauguration in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Beijing confirmed.

Dec 12, 2024 · At the inaugural ceremony, Xi would be forced to sit and listen to Trump without having any control over what the new president might say while lacking a right of reply.

Dec 12, 2024 · Chinese President Xi Jinping is not expected to travel to Washington next month as an inauguration guest of President-elect Donald Trump, according to two sources familiar with the planning.