Donald Trump greeted in Beijing with red carpet and fanfare ahead of high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping – live updates

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Donald Trump touched down in Beijing at around 7:50pm local time/7:50am ET.

The president will be greeted by China’s vice-president, Han Zheng, along with David Perdue, US ambassador to a China.