‘US and China should coexist in peace’: Xi meets Trump at White House

US President Donald Trump on Thursday welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House, formally beginning Xi’s second state visit to the United States.Trump and First Lady Melania Trump greeted Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, as a military band played. Xi arrived in a black Hongqi N701 SUV, the Chinese equivalent of the US presidential “Beast.”The two leaders spoke about their “friendship” and ties.“Just as our people worked together to win that war, President Xi and I will continue working together to forge a better future for both of our nations,” Trump said, recalling US-China cooperation during World War II.He also described his relationship with the Chinese leader as a “truly great friendship” built on “mutual respect and the interests of our peoples."Xi, visiting the US at Trump’s invitation, expressed his desire to “carry on our friendship, expand cooperation, and promote the well-being of both our peoples.”“We should coexist in peace. As I have said many times, China and the United States as two major countries stand to gain from cooperation and will both lose in confrontation,” he stated.He also urged the two countries to avoid the “Thucydides Trap," a theory that a...