Donald Trump lands in China for high-stakes talks
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
To the sound of a cheering crowd, US President Donald Trump touches down in China for important talks with the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping. The two leaders are expected to discuss tariffs, the Iran war and US weapon sales to Taiwan. It's the first visit to China by a US president since President Trump's last visit in 2017. Ahead of the trip, Donald Trump said he would raise the case of the imprisoned Hong Kong media mogul, Jimmy Lai. Also in this podcast: King Charles officially opens the British parliament, as the country's leader, Keir Starmer, fights to stay in office. Plans to build Australia's first Trump tower have been scrapped because the brand is "toxic". South Africa's top police chief has appeared in court, charged with violating public finance law. And a man in the US has been sentenced to two years in prison for breaking into a car and stealing hard drives containing unreleased music by Beyoncé.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Celia Hatton and at 1,500 GMT on Wednesday, May the 13th. |
| 0:16.2 | These are our main stories. |
| 0:18.0 | President Trump has arrived in Beijing for a meeting with China's leader |
| 0:21.5 | Xi Jinping. There were warm words ahead of the visit, but the two men will have to navigate |
| 0:26.9 | many areas of disagreement. And in Beijing, the king has formally opened a new session of |
| 0:32.7 | parliament, laying out the government's agenda for the next year, all as the prime Minister, Keir Starmar, faces increasing pressure to step down. |
| 0:43.1 | Also in this podcast, Alta's Property Group founder David Young said the Trump organization had pulled out of the deal. |
| 0:50.7 | He said in his statement that the Trump brand was increasingly toxic in Australia. |
| 0:55.3 | Plans for a Trump megatower are cancelled in Australia. |
| 1:02.8 | We start with the superpower summit in China. The US President Donald Trump has landed in Beijing, |
| 1:09.1 | where he'll meet the Chinese leader, |
| 1:16.3 | Xi Jinping, for intensive talks. My colleague in Beijing, Steve Lai, described the moments immediately after Mr. Trump's plane touched down. We can see Air Force One just landed and taxiing |
| 1:22.1 | to its stopping position. You can see the person in military fatigues there standing alone and solitary |
| 1:29.0 | in the center of that screen or just to the left as we go past it. The plane will we imagine be |
| 1:34.6 | turning around. We saw a ladder as well getting ready to be placed in position for the president |
| 1:39.8 | and his delegation to walk down. And you can see another military figure standing as well. |
| 1:46.2 | China said Mr. Trump's visit could be the start of a new chapter in relations between the |
| 1:50.6 | superpowers and a turbulent world. |
| 1:53.2 | Mr. Trump is being treated to a state visit, but significant tensions remain between the two |
| 1:58.4 | countries. |
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