Beijing residents express cautious optimism as China and US leaders meet

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Beijing residents expressed cautious hopes on Thursday (May 14) that talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping would help stabilise ties between the world's two largest economies, while voicing concern over Trump's unpredictable style.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:02Beijing residents expressed cautious hopes on Thursday that talks between US President Donald

00:08Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping would help stabilize ties between the world's two largest

00:13economies. Trump is on a three-day state visit to China from May 13th to 15th, his first in nine

00:20years. The trip comes as Washington and Beijing seek to manage disputes ranging from trade and

00:26technology to Taiwan and security issues.

00:57China's President Xi Jinping told US President Donald Trump in a bilateral meeting on Thursday

01:03that each country's success represents an opportunity for the other. The state leaders

01:08kicked off two days of talks on Thursday that are set to cover their fragile trade truce,

01:13the Iran war, and US arms sales to Taiwan.

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