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.

US President Trump's China visit yielded trade and investment pacts, including Boeing aircraft and agricultural deals. Both nations agreed on Iran's nuclear non-proliferation and Strait of Hormuz access.

The three-day state visit produced no binding deals but shifted the tone on Taiwan. Trump described arms sales as leverage, while Xi warned mishandling the issue risks "clashes and even conflicts."

Donald Trump has cast doubt on a $14 billion weapons package for Taiwan after talks with Xi Jinping in Beijing, raising urgent questions about US commitment to the island and whether the two superpowers can avoid the so-called Thucydides Trap.

President Donald Trump declined to publicly state whether the United States would militarily defend Taiwan if conflict were to arise with China, maintaining longstanding strategic ambiguity surrounding US policy in the region.