Chinese President Xi Jinping held a welcome ceremony for U.S. President Donald Trump outside the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing on Thursday morning.
At the invitation of Xi, Trump is on a state visit to China from Wednesday to Friday.
This is the first U.S. presidential visit to China in almost nine years, after President Xi previously hosted Trump in Beijing in November 2017.
Xi holds welcome ceremony for Trump
Xi holds welcome ceremony for Trump
Xi holds welcome ceremony for Trump
Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday launched mutual drone strikes, with both claiming to shoot down hundreds of each other's drones.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in its latest report that the Russian forces launched attacks on energy and transport facilities of Ukrainian forces, drone assembly, storage and launch sites, ammunition depots, as well as positions of Ukrainian troops and foreign fighters.
The ministry also said that the Russian air forces shot down 572 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones.
On the same day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russia launched 753 drones of various types between 8:00 and 18:30 local time, mainly targeting western regions of the country.
The preliminary data showed that the Ukrainian air forces destroyed 710 of Russian drones, the Ukrainian side said.
Russia, Ukraine down hundreds of each other’s drones
