BEIJING: President Donald Trump has issued belated well-wishes to China for the Lunar New Year, the most important holiday in the world’s most populous nation, saying he hoped to work with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to build a “constructive relationship”.
Trump had been the only US president in recent years not to have issued greetings when the holiday fell on Jan 28, triggering speculation in China as to whether it was an oversight or an intentional slight.
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