Trade teams moved into last-stage contact in New York, with US Treasury Secretary Bessent and Trade Representative Greer meeting Vice Premier He Lifeng on Sunday morning at JPMorgan headquarters, according to VOA updates through the day. The meeting extended the itinerary previewed on Sept 19 — He’s Sept 19-23 visit, a White House dinner and disputed airport greeting — into concrete bargaining, with outside press tying a possible Boeing order and assessments of Chinese leverage to the coming Xi-Trump encounter.
State papers offered no summit lead and instead cycled three mobilization lines: an early sports cheer for Team China ahead of the Asian Games, a midday return to Xi’s advanced-manufacturing instruction, then an evening cultural rubric on guarding urban roots coinciding with the opening of the 2026 Beijing Culture Forum. A central directive on classified university reform was issued without front-page amplification.