Xi Jinping says US and China must ‘coexist in peace’ in historic White House visit

{"text":[[{"start":13.2,"text":"Xi Jinping said the US and China should avoid being drawn into a “conflict” in remarks at the White House alongside US President Donald Trump as the Chinese leader began his first visit to Washington in more than a decade."}],[{"start":28.76,"text":"Speaking at the White House arrival ceremony, Xi said the countries should “coexist in peace” as he prepared to hold talks with Trump that were expected to include discussion about US and Chinese policy towards Taiwan."}],[{"start":40.24,"text":"“China and the United States . . . stand to gain from co-operation and will both lose in confrontation,” Xi said. “Our competition should be a healthy one, and should be kept within bounds. It should be a race of catching up with one another, not a wrestle in which one either wins or loses.”"}],[{"start":57.52,"text":"Xi added that the two superpowers must “hold the line of no conflict and no confrontation between us”."}],[{"start":64.12,"text":"The trip comes as the two nations attempt to maintain what both sides have described as “strategic stability” despite a host of difficult issues where they remain far apart, including on trade and technology. It also comes as the Chinese military continues its assertive activity in the South China Sea."}],[{"start":82,"text":"In welcoming Xi four months after his own visit to Beijing, Trump said the two leaders had “made tremendous strides” working together, including trying to create a “more balanced trading relationship”."}],[{"start":93.32,"text":"On Wednesday, US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent said the countries had agreed to extend the trade war truce — reached in Busan, South Korea, last year — by two months until January 10. The US has refused to extend the agreement for a longer period because it believes China has not been living up to the deal."}],[{"start":111.28,"text":"Trump said the leaders would discuss security, technology and “super intelligence” — his newly coined term for AI. Following a short discussion between the two presidents, the leaders planned to hold a wider meeting with senior members of their delegations."}],[{"start":null,"text":"

"}],[{"start":null,"text":""}],[{"start":125.28,"text":"As the leaders met, first lady Melania Trump was expected to escort Xi’s wife Peng Liyuan to the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art. In the evening, Trump planned to host Xi for a state dinner that will be attended by business leaders, including Elon Musk, Apple’s Tim Cook and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang."}],[{"start":145.2,"text":"The summit is the third time the leaders have met since Trump returned to the White House in January 2025. It comes as expectations grow that Trump will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Shenzhen in November and Xi will come to the G20 in Miami in December. That will be the first time that either a US or Chinese president has paid two visits to the other country in a year."}],[{"start":170.04,"text":"Bessent on Sunday told the FT the leaders would create an “AI Dialogue” to deal with security risks posed by new models. Xi said both countries were “leading nations” in AI, but he struck a more cautious tone regarding AI risks than Trump, who earlier said he wanted “to leave it exactly where it is”."}],[{"start":188.28,"text":"“We have both the capability and responsibility to develop and manage AI for good and ensure that the development of AI is always under human control and serves the wellbeing of the people,” Xi said."}],[{"start":200.74,"text":"In a symbolic move recalling a time when China aggressively engaged in panda diplomacy, Xi said China would send two giant pandas to the Atlanta zoo."}],[{"start":210.24,"text":"Following their remarks, the two leaders walked out to the Rose Garden for a military review. As they watched, a B-2 Spirit bomber — the aircraft that struck Iranian nuclear facilities last year — and four F-22 fighter jets flew overhead."}],[{"start":224.04,"text":"Underscoring the respect Trump is paying Xi despite many tensions between the nations, he personally greeted him at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday. It was the first time a US president met a world leader at the base since John F Kennedy greeted UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1962."}],[{"start":241.76,"text":"Xi is staying at the Waldorf Astoria hotel instead of the Blair House, the official US government guest house where the Chinese leader stayed in 2015."}],[{"start":256.4,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1790292408_9704.mp3"}