United States President Donald Trump has departed China following a three-day trip, touting several broad trade deals but suggesting little progress on key issues related to Taiwan or the US-Israeli war in Iran .
Trump’s visit, the first of his second term, was filled with pomp and circumstance, including a greeting from waiving children and a military honour guard, a private tour of a secretive former imperial garden, and the Confucian 15th-century Temple of Heaven.
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By the end, both sides characterised the visit as a success, even if their accounts of what was agreed to varied.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said he and Xi discussed Taiwan, with China’s leader telling him he opposed independence for the…
