President Donald Trump arrived in China for a highly anticipated two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping amid tensions over the U.S. war against Iran.

President Donald Trump is kicking off the busiest portion of his three-day visit to China. It's a trip that may end up focusing more on pageantry and symbolism than major bilateral breakthroughs.

Samuel Paparo proposed the "hellscape" strategy to counter a China invasion of Taiwan (Image: Getty) Only 110 miles of water separates Taiwan from its military superpower neighbor across a narrow strait.

The optimistic outlook projected by Trump and Xi collides with some difficult truths about the thorniest issues between the two superpowers.

With the historic Beijing summit coming to a close, questions about the future of Taiwan persist. While a $14 billion U.S. weapons deal is still awaiting approval from President Trump, the

Donald Trump concluded his Beijing visit after high-stakes talks with Xi Jinping covering trade, Taiwan, the Strait of Hormuz and broader US-China relations.

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Liz Lee BEIJING, May 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump entered his final talks with Xi Jinping on Friday touting economic wins that gave markets little to cheer, while Beijing warned Washington about mishandling Taiwan and said its war with Iran should never have started.

Plus, the war in Iran pushes the Defense Department’s munition stocks to dangerously low levels, with the U.S. yet to sign contracts to replenish its supplies.