China-US relations

The most revealing thing about the summit in Washington may be what the two leaders did not say - and what we still don't know.

Despite diplomatic niceties and gifts, little was shared on substantial issues separating the leaders.

From redwood benches to DVDs, gifts are an important part of the art of diplomacy.

Xi’s first visit to Washington in a decade was a display of pomp and pageantry, with Trump offering his guest a two-month truce on the brewing tariff war.

The US and Chinese leaders gave speeches at the lavish event inside the White House, the BBC's Bernd Debusmann Jr went along.

China wanted progress on trade, technology and Taiwan - but hasn't got as much as it would have hoped for.

The BBC’s China correspondent Laura Bicker unpacks how the trip panned out for Beijing and Washington.