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Melania Trump Hosts China's First Lady for an Outing that Is Watched for Diplomacy and Style
- 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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eldiariodechihuahua.mxPeng Liyuan and Melania Trump toured the Asian Art Museum today and highlighted the cultural cooperation between China and the United States.
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