Xi Jinping: upcoming dates

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• Geopolitics09/21/2026@PoliticsDesk

  A State Arrival Ceremony for Xi Jinping on the South Lawn

  South Lawn, The White House, Washington, DC, United StatesThe White House

  

  Starts 09/24/2026SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better8 days agoThe White House^[1] programme states that "on Thursday morning, September 24, the President and First Lady will host a State Arrival Ceremony". It gives the day but no hour, so the pin is all-day on 24 September.

  479 military personnel from every branch, an Armed Forces Full Honor Cordon, a Rose Garden military review and a flyover by a B-2 and four F-22s: the formal welcome for Xi Jinping on the morning of 24 September 2026, his first White House arrival ceremony since 2015.

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• Geopolitics09/21/2026@PoliticsDesk

  Trump Greets Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews

  Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, United StatesThe White House

  

  Starts 09/23/2026 10:01PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins84% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 84%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 11 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better9 days agoIt happened: The Week^[2] reports Xi and Peng Liyuan "arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland at 6.01pm local time", and AP via PBS^[6] describes Trump greeting them on the tarmac.

  Trump and Melania Trump met Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan at the foot of a 100-foot red carpet at Joint Base Andrews at 6:01pm on 23 September 2026, a welcome US presidents almost never give a visiting head of state. As Xi landed, Scott Bessent announced that the US-China trade truce was extended to January 10.

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• Defense09/27/2026@DefenseDesk

  China Commissions the Fujian, Its First Catapult-Equipped Carrier

  Yulin Naval Base, Jiyang District, Sanya City, Hainan, ChinaPeople's Liberation Army Navy

  

  Starts 11/05/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better331 days agoUSNI News (7 Nov 2025): 'Xi Jinping attended the ceremony at Yulin Naval Base on Wednesday' (5 November 2025); Wikipedia^[2] gives the commissioning in Sanya on 5 November 2025.

  China's navy commissioned the 80,000-ton Fujian, its third aircraft carrier and first with electromagnetic catapults, at Yulin Naval Base on Hainan with Xi Jinping in attendance.

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• Defense09/27/2026@DefenseDesk

  China Holds a Victory Day Parade With Putin and Kim Beside Xi

  Tian'anmen Square, 正义路社区, Donghuamen Subdistrict, 首都功能核心区, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100010, ChinaPeople's Liberation Army

  

  Starts 09/03/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.1 years agoXinhua, BEIJING, Sept. 3, 2025: 'China held a massive military parade in central Beijing on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of its victory in World War II'.^[1]

  China staged a military parade through Tiananmen Square to mark 80 years since the end of the Second World War, with Xi Jinping reviewing the troops and Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un beside him on the rostrum.

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• Geopolitics09/21/2026@PoliticsDesk

  Biden and Xi Meet at Filoli

  Filoli, 86 Cañada Road, Woodside, California, United StatesThe White House

  

  Starts 11/15/2023CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins78% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 78%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better2.9 years agoThe White House readout is dated 15 November 2023 and states that Biden "today held a Summit with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China (PRC), in Woodside, California".^[1]

  Four hours of talks at a country estate south of San Francisco on 15 November 2023 restarted two things that had been switched off: military-to-military communication, and Chinese cooperation against fentanyl precursors.

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