Please.

The amount of oil China imports is staggering - 11 million barrels per day.

They had been satisfying that need easily and cheaply buying grey market Iranian oil.

I imagine Xi is insanely pissed off at Trump.

She usually helps him navigate those stairs

Link to tweet

I think XI expects a no nonsense meeting and TSF is not prepared

I get Trump hate as much as anyone, but it was certainly a coordinated state reception, and I can find nothing to suggest that Xi was ever going to be there to greet him on the red carpet. There is "fighting the good fight" and there is delusion.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/13/politics/live-news/trump-china-visit-arrival-ceremony-hnk

Why is that?

It's evident his promises mean nothing. Why waste the time?

Xi stayed away. What a snub.

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https://www.thestandard.com.hk/china/article/331806/Big-hug-or-colder-shoulder-Xi-Trump-talks-spotlight-contrasting-styles-expectations


Donald Trump has said he expects a "big, fat hug" from China's Xi Jinping when they meet in Beijing this week, though multiple thorny issues between the two sides could see the US president kept at arm's length.

Taiwan, tariffs, rare earths and the war in Iran are among the contentious topics set to be discussed by the two leaders, whose styles of communication could hardly be more different.

Trump's often bombastic, freewheeling comportment on the international stage contrasts dramatically with Xi's measured, tight-lipped approach to foreign policy.

Source URL : 'Big hug' or colder shoulder? Xi-Trump talks spotlight contrasting styles, expectations | The Standard
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/china/article/331806/

With little knowledge of reality or details. Xi has better intelligence and better understanding of how to handle Trump. Trump will get abused in this meeting and come out feeling like a champ. Because he's stupid.

Is that all uninvited guests are blocked from meetings and that they must get their own food.

Rec

The authentic stuff, too...not like what we get here.

It’s just another day.

sensitive to smells.

Good.

Harold from Stepney thought Charlie from Brooklyn would appreciate the snobbery in London.

Same thing in Beijing.

... a serious loss of face for Trump, although he's too ignorant to realize it. "Face" is VERY important to the Chinese, and in this context it is a subtle, but unmistakable dope-slap upside the head to a dumb-ass American who is doing his damnedest to fuck up the world.

actually an upgrade from nine years ago.