A Chinese community in New York City reacts to the Trump-Xi Beijing summit

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New York City — President Trump's authorities visit to China this week for his acme with Chinese President Xi Jinping has garnered palpable excitement amongst the Chinese assemblage successful the Queens vicinity of Flushing, location to 1 of the largest Asian populations successful the U.S.

Mandarin is the connection of prime astatine the markets and shops lining 1 of the main thoroughfares successful Flushing, and adjacent Vietnamese and Malaysian residents similar the Chinese dialect to English. CBS News spoke to 2 twelve people, mostly from China, but immoderate from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Vietnam.

"A beardown U.S. and a beardown China benefits everyone," 1 antheral who has resided successful Queens for 34 years told CBS News.

An American national successful his 70s calved successful China, the antheral has memories of a clip erstwhile China was much unfastened to the West. Speaking successful Mandarin, helium expressed hopes of person relations betwixt China and the U.S., and seemed undaunted by the obstacles to specified a rapprochement, namely the Iran war, the hostility surrounding the Taiwan issue, tariffs and trade.

Taiwan has emerged arsenic the apical priority for Xi, but the Taiwanese radical successful Flushing who spoke to CBS News expressed beardown feelings astir Taiwanese independence.

"China and Taiwan person thing successful common," said a Taiwanese-born antheral sitting successful the prima eating blistery pot.

Most of the Chinese-born radical who spoke to CBS News declined to speech astir their perspectives connected Xi.

One antheral calved successful Hong Kong said helium hopes Xi allows for much freedoms successful the aboriginal for radical successful mainland China, wherever his older sister lives. He said helium besides worries astir decreased freedoms successful Hong Kong present that China has taken backmost power of the island.

He hopes the acme goes well: "We each [have to] unrecorded [together] connected earth."

Asked astir however Trump policies are affecting their community, astir of the radical interviewed declined to comment. Some recalled feeling anti-Asian sentiment successful the contiguous aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, erstwhile reports of hatred crimes targeting Asians spiked, according to FBI data.

And portion the numbers person travel down from their highest successful 2023, the much than 300 reported attacks connected Asians successful the U.S. past year, according to FBI data, remains mostly higher than pre-pandemic levels.

One antheral calved successful Malaysia said helium sometimes feels disrespected arsenic an Asian idiosyncratic surviving successful the U.S.

But a pistillate calved successful China who present sells nuts astatine a snack basal said the modular of surviving successful the U.S. is high, and the modular of surviving for radical surviving successful China is improving.

"I deliberation the U.S-China narration is besides getting better," she said.

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