THE track and field stars and a determined wushu player provided the desperately-needed fillip to India’s Asian Games campaign on a day when shooters were mostly off-target and the rowers just about managed to save face with a solitary bronze before ending a campaign marred by dissension at the continental showpiece. For the second day in a row, skeet shooters rescued India’s faltering campaign at the ranges by clinching the mixed team bronze even though a gold is yet to be delivered by provided guidance for the future development of bilateral ties.

 

China and the US should work in the same direction, promote a stable relationship featuring cooperation as the mainstay, moderate competition, manageable differences, and promises of peace, Xi said. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump on Thursday hailed the ‘truly great friendship’ he has forged with Xi Jinping as the Chinese leader began his highly anticipated state visit. “From the time of my first election in 2016, President Xi and I have forged a friendship, a truly great friendship, actually, built on mutual respect and the vital interests of our people,’ Trump said. Trump and Xi have no shortage of difficult issues to cover when they sit down for private talks.