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That area where it does have leverage. it will not because it has no reason to do so the u.s. has no real instruments to force china to change its approach china has been very successful with this approach in the past and although there has been a lot of rhetoric in the u.s. the trump complaint was very much about china is stealing our jobs. nothing really has happened and as long as the u.s. doesnt have any real policies that would be really threatening to chinas core interests china has no int...

Correspondent for nbc, chris jansing. lets talk about how president strumptrump was greeted in china. >> well, ayman, i guess you could say theyre rolling out the red carpet the chinese are calling this a state visit plus. officially, its reciprocity, kind of a thank you to president trump for the hospitality he showed to xi jinping when he came to florida and was hosted at mar-a-lago. unofficially, theyre stroking the ego of this president from whom they want so much. and clearly, president xi ...

Frankly pretty tight. remember the mar-a-lago summit in florida back last year or end of the year when the two of them were sort of together, they were building this relationship, raised eyebrows then just given xis status in china and how early the president was meeting with him, but i do think youre going to see what is being called this state visit plus. so tons of pomp and circumstance, tons of pageantry, the president likes that, you know, the president loves the lavish warm welcome. you sa...

Around the world, ive not seen this before, the focus is entirely on the personality of the president. they try to figure out how do you get to president trump, how do you woo him, seduce him. because he doesnt have a strong policy in one way or another. if he falls in love with you, thats going to be great. if he falls out of love with you, its going to be bad. so they are all trying to impress him personally. i think the forbidden city is that. trump likes pomp and circumstance. he likes to be...

China. remarkable what a red carpet and a few brass bands will do. >> reporter: stunning, isnt it? its not unusual for a president once he becomes president to shift tone from the campaign trail, but this is such a dramatic about-face and very much different from what weve seen from every other american president. in fact, rex tillerson, secretary of state, was briefing reporters yesterday and was trying to suggest this was more tongue in cheek, that what the president was trying to say about tr...

Interests china has no intention to change its course and no reason really and how is china viewing this visit i mean they rolled out the red carpet hes going to be the. first foreign leaders since one nine hundred forty nine to dine in the historic forbidden city they clearly you think theyre calling it the state visit plus is this just a charm offensive or is this all that they can really offer him in terms of concessions when it comes to bilateral relations the chinese are putting on a very g...

President. and were going to probably see the same thing here, as well, as he raises this issue of trade. >> hallie, i want to ask you, how do you think president trump has been received during this trip to asia? hes been to several countries. how has he been perceived? >> depends on who you ask. and it depends on which country youre talking about, too. i think that when you look at, for example, tokyo, you saw -- or japan you saw in tokyo prime minister shinzo abe really give a warm welcome. th...