US president Donald Trump’s arrival in China was met with great fanfare this evening, but one detail might suggest Chinese president Xi Jinping wants to show him ‘who’s boss’.In the three-day high-stakes diplomatic visit, items likely to be on the agenda for Trump and Xi include the US war with Iran, trade between their countries and American arms sales to Taiwan.On Wednesday evening (13 May), the US president got a fancy welcome as he stepped off Air Force One in Beijing today as he was greeted by Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, a military honour guard and around 300 others waving Chinese and American flags chanting ‘welcome’.That all seems like a warm reception, doesn’t it?

Most people getting off planes don’t have 300 people yelling a greeting to them.However, for some people it’s not enough and has been branded ‘disrespectful’ as Xi Jinping wasn’t there on the airport tarmac to welcome Trump personally.His VP; China’s ambassador to Washington, Xie Feng; their executive vice minister of foreign affairs, Ma Zhaoxu; and the American envoy to Beijing, David Perdue, were all ready to greet Trump, but not the man himself.