Trump planning his first visit in November

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would visit China in November and first lady Melania Trump is expected to accompany him, according to White House and State Department sources.

Speaking aboard Air Force One on Thursday, Trump said he will visit China, Japan and South Korea in November. "It will be a busy 10 days," he said, referring to his first Asia trip, which may also include Viet-nam, according to an informal briefing by the White House.

It would be Trump's first state visit to China. He would be the second US president to make a state visit to China in the first year of his presidency - Trump took office in January - following the November 2009 visit by then-president Barack Obama.