Melania Trump Hosts China’s First Lady for an Outing that Is Watched for Diplomacy and Style
The visit highlighted cultural diplomacy as the museum displayed more than 46,000 objects, according to its website.
- On Thursday, Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan toured the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, celebrating cultural ties between the U.S. and China while their husbands held private talks at the White House.
- Their meeting marks the first public encounter between the spouses in nearly a decade, as Trump and Peng approach their roles differently; Peng embraces a public schedule while Trump prefers working behind the scenes.
- Inside the museum, the women viewed James McNeill Whistler's "Princess from the Land of Porcelain" in the Peacock Room; children from Hope Chinese School performed folk songs including "Song and Smile" and "Jasmine Flower."
- Every interaction between the two women will be scrutinized for diplomatic clues, with Yun Sun, director of the China Program at the Stimson Center, saying, "They definitely add to the grandiosity and the symbolic significance of this trip."
- The Smithsonian, housing more than 46,000 objects, faced a White House directive last year to "celebrate American exceptionalism," though the institution continues returning artifacts, including a silk manuscript from China dating more than 2,000 years old.
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Melania Trump hosts China’s first lady for an outing that is watched for diplomacy and style
First ladies Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan are touring the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, celebrating cultural ties between the United States and China during China’s diplomatic visit to Washington.
Melania Trump hosts China’s first lady for an outing watched for diplomacy and style
First ladies Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan are touring the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, celebrating cultural ties between the United States and China during China’s diplomatic visit to Washington.
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