Welcome to the News Hour.

Tonight, President Trump is returning to Washington after a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

The president announced China would buy hundreds of Boeing jets, and Beijing confirmed the two sides would launch a board of trade and investment.

But beyond that, there are few specifics.

Nick Schifrin reports on the pageantry and the policy from Beijing.

Today in Beijing, Xi Jinping brought President Trump into the Communist Party's inner sanctum.

They lived in the president showed admiration for the grounds and his guide.

I like this. And a summit this much. I could get you to do this.

And a summit the President proclaimed would produce deals.

Instead, ended with few details, even fewer Chinese concessions, and an apparent U.S. endorsement

for what Xi Jinping called a new era of constructive strategic stability.

President Xi is an incredible guy.

But flying back on Air Force One, President Trump admitted that Xi pushed him on the single

most contentious issue, U.S. arms sales and support for Taiwan.

On Taiwan, he does not want to see a fight for independence because that would be a very strong confrontation.

That an apparent reference to China's demand the U.S. changed diplomatic language from

we don't support independence for Taiwan to we oppose independence for Taiwan, a change to which

the president did not commit.

I did make a comment on it.

I heard him out. But President Trump also did not commit. I did make a comment on it. I heard him out.

But President Trump also did not commit to approving $14 billion worth of arms sales to

Taiwan that are already teed up.

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