The world’s two most powerful men just met. How did it go?
The BBC’s China correspondent Laura Bicker unpacks how the trip panned out for Beijing and Washington.
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The BBC’s China correspondent Laura Bicker unpacks how the trip panned out for Beijing and Washington.
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