US President Donald Trump will receive an honor in Beijing not granted to any US President since the founding of the People's Republic of China: official dinner inside the Forbidden City.
When Trump and his wife Melania land in the Chinese capital today, they will join President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, for a tour of the Forbidden City, the historic palace that housed Chinese emperors and their families for almost 500 years.
Trump will be the first foreign leader to have an official dinner in the palace since the founding of the People's Republic in 1949, CNN reported.
Originally constructed in the early 1400s, the Forbidden City is considered to be among the most important architectural and cultural monuments inside China.
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