Donald Trump's decision to greet Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington rather than receiving him at the executive residence shows how far the U.S. Xi Jinping arrives in US for state visit gets rare tarmac welcome from Trump Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Donald Trump's decision to greet Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington rather than receiving him at the executive residence shows how far the U.S. President is going to honour China's leaderS1

• Xi Jinping arrives in US for state visit gets rare tarmac welcome from TrumpS2

• Xi gets rare tarmac welcome from Trump during highstakes Washington visitS3

• Xi Jinping was personally greeted by Donald Trump as he landed in the US for his first state visit in eleven years — an unprecedented welcome to America for a Chinese leader.S4

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