31 Oct 2025

Asia correspondent Ed White

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 31 October 2025

US President Donald Trump came away from his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping calling it a "great success" and rating it 12 out of 10.

(FILES) Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and US President Donald Trump attend their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29, 2019. Donald Trump will hold talks with China's Xi Jinping during the upcoming APEC summit in South Korea, the US president said in a Fox interview excerpt released October 17, 2025. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Photo: AFP / Brendan Smialowski

Ed White is a correspondent with the Financial Times based in Shanghai

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