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By WILL WEISSERT<\/strong><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Long before this week\u2019s trip to China, President Donald Trump was already predicting on social media that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, would \u201cgive me a big, fat hug when I get there.\u201d<\/p>

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But Beijing\u2019s deep economic ties to Iran, as well as trade tensions over tariff threats stretching back to Trump\u2019s first term, could crimp the good feelings when Trump flies to Beijing this week \u2014 even though the Republican president has for years effusively praised Xi, making it clear he sees China\u2019s leader as a competitor strong enough to warrant his respect and admiration.<\/p>\n

Trump lately isn\u2019t very fond of long plane rides or extended stretches away from the White House or his properties in Florida and New Jersey. He arrives in Beijing on Wednesday night and the next morning will take part in a welcome ceremony and meet one-on-one with Xi before the two leaders tour the Temple of Heaven \u2014 a religious complex dating to the 15th century symbolizing the relationship between Earth and heaven.<\/p>\n

Trump will attend a state banquet on Thursday evening and then have a tea and working lunch with Xi on Friday before leaving, White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said Sunday. She said they will discuss creating a new Board of Trade to keep their countries talking on economic issues, as well talking up key industries like energy, aerospace and agriculture.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Monday that Beijing is willing to work with the U.S., based on equality and mutual respect to expand cooperation, manage differences, and add stability to a turbulent world. The diplomacy between the leaders \u201cplays an irreplaceable strategic guiding role\u201d in the bilateral relation, he said.<\/p>\n

There will be plenty of ceremonial splendor, but the grandeur is not expected to rival Trump\u2019s first visit to China in 2017, which Beijing dubbed a \u201cstate visit-plus.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEven before this whole conflagration with Iran, they weren\u2019t going to go state visit-plus like last time, just because things are tense,\u201d said Jonathan Czin, a former director for China at the National Security Council during the Biden administration.<\/p>

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