US and China must act as responsible global powers together, Xi says at White House dinner

• Donald Trump and First Lady Melania have welcomed Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan to the White House for a state dinner – our reporter takes you through it

• In a speech at the dinner, Xi called for a “new approach” for China and the US to act as responsible global powers in a changing world

• Meanwhile, Trump gifted Xi a statue of a bald eagle and said the pair have “never gotten along better” – other key moments

• Who was on the invite list? Big tech bosses including Tesla’s Elon Musk, Apple’s Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang attended

• Earlier on Thursday, welcoming China leader’s to the White House, Trump said he and Xi had made “tremendous strides on the issues facing our two countries”

• Xi did not get everything he wanted in a high-stakes visit to the US, writes China correspondent Laura Bicker

Source:Fiilafmonline/BBC