Xi To Send Top Chinese Official to Trump's Inauguration

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. Xi's move suggests an eagerness to lower tensions early in Trump's second term in the White House. Washington and Beijing remain at loggerheads over a range of contentious issues, from trade and Beijing's