U.S. President Donald Trump is set to host China's President Xi Jinping for their first in-person meetings at Mar-A-Lago, Florida.
The two men have spoken over the phone and the agenda for the 24 hours of talks is expected to include dinner but not golf at the president's club.
Christopher Johnson was with the CIA focusing on Asia issues before joining the bipartisan Center for Strategic and International Studies as a China scholar.
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Bonnie Glaser is a long-time analyst on China issues with the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
She says Beijing realized that the get tough approach first employed by the Foreign Minister wasn't working with the Trump administration, so they turned instead to approaching Jared Kushner, seen as the archittect of the meeting.
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Ahead of the meeting, U.S. President Donald Trump posted on social media that the talks will be difficult.
Long-time Asia observer Mike Mossetig says, this is part of President Trump's essential strategy.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has singled out North Korea as topping the agenda for the meeting with China's President Xi Jinping.
Mike Mossetig says China has a particular goal, to not have an American ally on their border (as Russia ended up with Germany after the cold war ended).
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