Trump's 2026 China Visit vs 2017: What Changed in Beijing's Reception

“It’s actually quite revealing from a protocol perspective,” Isabelle Vladoiu, founder of the US Institute of Diplomacy and Human Rights, told The New York Post. “Xi Jinping did not personally greet Trump at the airport in 2017 either, but this time Beijing noticeably upgraded the reception by sending Vice President Han Zheng along with both ambassadors and senior foreign affairs officials.”