Video of Trump’s granddaughter singing in Mandarin shown at banquet

(9 Nov 2017) US President Donald Trump and his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, were guests of honour at a state dinner on Thursday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. After offering a toast to Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump introduced a video of his granddaughter Arabella, the daughter of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, singing a traditional Chinese song in Mandarin. The dinner capped off two days of pageantry and negotiations between Xi and Trump. At the dinner, neither man made mention of thorny issues like trade and attempts to pressure North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons programme. You can license this story through AP Archive: Find out more about AP Archive: