{"id":262804,"date":"2026-05-14T17:45:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T13:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=262804"},"modified":"2026-05-14T18:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:04:21","slug":"beijing-roast-duck-and-beef-ribs-inside-the-diplomatic-nuances-of-xi-trump-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/262804\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing roast duck and beef ribs: Inside the diplomatic nuances of Xi\u2013Trump banquet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping sat down to a lavish state banquet in Beijing on Thursday, the menu itself read like a work of diplomacy, Reuters<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n

Chinese state dinners ‌traditionally draw on Huaiyang cuisine, from the region surrounding Shanghai, known for its mild, subtle flavours, refined knife-work and emphasis on seasonal dishes.<\/p>\n

To cap a meeting in which both sides expressed a willingness to reset relations, menu planners appeared to add a note of culinary flexibility – including Beijing roast duck, China’s national dish, and beef ribs, in an apparent nod to Trump’s preference for a well-done steak.<\/p>\n

They also went heavy on dessert options for American guests: tiramisu, fruits and ice cream and a “trumpet-shell shaped pastry.”<\/p>\n

As noted, for decades, ⁠China has used the powerful symbolism of food during landmark official events and when receiving distinguished foreign visitors.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping sat down to a lavish state banquet in Beijing on Thursday, the menu itself read like a work of diplomacy, Reuters writes. Chinese state dinners ‌traditionally draw on Huaiyang cuisine, from the region surrounding Shanghai, known for its mild, subtle flavours, refined knife-work and emphasis on seasonal dishes. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":262801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,35,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":262805,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262804\/revisions\/262805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}