Politics September 25, 2026 at 3:13 AM

China’s Xi shares a rare laugh on White House tour at Trump’s Biden autopen joke

SCMP China

Chinese President Xi Jinping broke into rare laughter as his US counterpart Donald Trump showed him a framed “autopen” displayed in place of the former American leader Joe Biden’s portrait during a White House tour.

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