Yang sees Trump, meets with advisers

State Councilor Yang Jiechi's meetings with US President Donald Trump and top US security and diplomatic policymakers in Washington raised hopes for additional high-level contacts and better coordination on global issues, observers said.

China's top diplomat, in a two-day visit to the US, became on Monday the first senior Chinese official to meet Trump in the White House.

Observers said Yang's meetings in Washington reinforce the nations' shared hope to avoid misjudging each other, particularly on Asia-Pacific issues.