Financial Times says that Chinese President Xi Jinping will send a high -level envoy to Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration in a movement aimed at friction between China and the United States.
The British newspaper reported Thursday, presenting several other people familiar with conversations. He said Beijing informed Trump’s transition team that a senior official would attend the position of XI.
Trump invited the Chinese president to the inauguration rite on Jan. 20.
The Financial Times says XI may send Vice President Han Zheng or Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
The newspaper says that some advisors Trump Cai Qi to attend. CAI is a member of the Permanent Committee of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and is one of the closest help of XI.
The newspaper says: “The presence of one of the public officials will be unprecedented, as China was represented in the past through its ambassador in Washington. “
He also said, “Beijing is desperate to ease friction with Washington, as it depended on an imaginable serious escalation of industry tensions. “Trump has advised increasing price lists on Chinese imports once he takes office.