(The Center Square) – Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered an address from the White House Thursday morning during his historic second state visit to the U.S. at the invitation of President Donald Trump.
Xi is the first Chinese leader to make a second state visit to the U.S., according to Trump. This is also the world leaders’ second summit in just over four months, after the president visited Xi in Beijing in May.
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