Chinese President Xi Jinping is dispatching a high-ranking official to the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, in lieu of Ambassador Xie Feng, in a move that breaks tradition. Newsweek has reached out to the Trump team and Chinese Foreign Ministry by email with requests for comment.

China’s President Xi Jinping will send a high-level envoy to Donald Trump’s inauguration, in an unprecedented move designed to reduce friction between the countries at the start of the new US administration.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will send a high-ranking envoy to Donald Trump's inauguration, signalling a reduction in tensions between China and the incoming US administration. Source: Financial Times, citing several individuals familiar with the negotiations Quote: "China's President Xi Jinping will send a high-level envoy to Donald Trump's inauguration,

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