Melania Trump takes China's first lady on a museum outing that's watched for diplomacy and style
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Thu, 24 September 2026
5 reports- news4jax.com16:29first to report
First ladies Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan have toured the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, celebrating cultural ties between the United States and China during China’s diplomatic visit to Washington.
- cbs6albany.com19:08
The visit came as Chinese President Xi Jinping and Peng made an official state visit to Washington in their first White House visit in more than a decade.
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- tportal (Croatia)20:30
Državni posjet kineskog predsjedničkog para Washingtonu donio je i poseban program za njihove supruge. Melania Trump i Peng Liyuan dio dana provele su zajedno, a za obilazak su odabrale mjesto posvećeno umjetnosti i kulturnoj povezanosti dviju zemalja
- tportal (Croatia)20:51
Melania Trump za svečani doček kineskog predsjednika Xi Jinpinga i njegove supruge Peng Liyuan u Bijeloj kući odabrala je potpuno crno izdanje. Iako se držala bezvremenske palete, zanimljiv kroj i naglašena silueta pobrinuli su se da kombinacija ne prođe nezapaženo
- South China Morning Post22:46
Melania Trump and China’s first lady Peng Liyuan toured Chinese artworks and a room shaped by Asian design at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art in Washington on Thursday, as their husbands held talks at the White House. The museum’s director, Chase Robinson, said the two women spent about 45 minutes there and were “full of questions”. Much of the visit centred on the Peacock Room, whose displays of Chinese porcelain made it a fitting setting for the occasion, he said. “What...
Fri, 25 September 2026
8 reports- South China Morning Post00:17
As Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met at the White House for a state dinner on Thursday, culinary diplomacy was on the menu for the guests who included business leaders and government officials. “The menu showcases American ingredients with subtle Chinese influence, bringing the culinary traditions of both nations together,” the office of American first lady Melania Trump said. Xi was dressed in a black Zhongshan suit – colloquially known as a “Mao suit” – while Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan...
- South China Morning Post02:44
The US president’s eldest daughter Ivanka Trump had a front-row seat at a White House welcome ceremony for President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan on Thursday, wearing a dress by Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei. Trump, in a robin’s egg blue dress and matching jacket, and her 15-year-old daughter Arabella Kushner occupied a prominent position at the ceremony, alongside Vice-President J.D. Vance and his wife, Usha Vance. The arrangement drew attention since members of Donald Trump’s...
- asiaone.com03:24
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan on Thursday (Sept 24) toured one of the largest Asian art museums in the United States, celebrating cultural ties between the US and China during a high-profile diplomatic visit to Washington.Leaving their husbands behind at the White House, the first ladies visited the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art in a display of...
- South China Morning Post04:43
While their husbands held talks at the White House, Melania Trump hosted Peng Liyuan at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art on Thursday, where the famed Chinese soprano softly hummed along to a youth choir’s performance of a familiar classic. Footage shows the Hope Chinese School youth choir waving Chinese and American national flags during their rendition of the song “Jasmine Flower”, while Peng watches with a smile, her lips moving along to the lyrics. As the performance ends, she...
- scmp.com05:30
Young singers’ rendition of beloved folk song ‘Jasmine Flower’ evokes warm reaction from the renowned soprano during Smithsonian visit.
- South China Morning Post09:00
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to the US will conclude not at the diplomatic negotiating table, but in front of America’s founding documents. After morning tea in the White House Red Room, US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania will take Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan on a tour of the National Archives, the home of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and other texts that established the basis of the US government. According to the Office of the First Lady, the two...
- Vecernji list (Croatia)09:19
Peng je druga supruga kineskog predsjednika. Par ima kćer, koja je studirala na Harvardu, dok je Xi prije braka s Peng bio oženjen kćeri kineskog diplomata.
- South China Morning Post23:29
As Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump wrapped up their three-day state visit on Friday, a stark contrast in the two presidential couples’ hand-holding dynamics was on display, body language experts said. The exchanges between Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, and Trump and first lady Melania Trump, were closely followed on the trip, with the couples’ activities together on Friday culminating in an outing at the National Archives Museum in Washington. The couples’ divergent...
Sat, 26 September 2026
2 reports- South China Morning Post04:30
We have put together stories from our coverage of Peng Liyuan during the Xi-Trump summit. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China’s first lady Peng Liyuan projects glamour and soft power on world stage China’s first lady Peng Liyuan is again stepping into the international limelight as she travels to Washington with President Xi Jinping this week. 2. Peng Liyuan and Melania Trump renew acquaintance as Xi arrives in US Chinese first lady Peng...
- South China Morning Post08:59
First ladies Peng Liyuan and Melania Trump opened a new front in US-China exchanges this week, with their unusually frequent and spontaneous interactions putting a more personal face on ties during the presidential summit in Washington. The pair charted a parallel path of soft power diplomacy – sharing conversations, cultural outings and moments of apparent warmth during a visit otherwise shadowed by trade tensions, as well as artificial intelligence and other strategic issues. Chinese...