Translated by ChatGPT, edited by Sinocism.com.

Source: Xinhua | Byline: People’s Daily reporters Du Shangze 杜尚泽 and Hu Zexi 胡泽曦; Xinhua reporters Yang Yijun 杨依军 and Hao Weiwei 郝薇薇 | September 28, 2026

Observing these three days and two nights in the autumn of 2026 also means observing the “profound changes unseen in a century” through the interactions of major countries.

观察2026年秋季的这三天两晚，也是从大国的互动去观察“百年未有之大变局”。

“An event that will go down in history”; “not the arm-wrestling people imagined, but handshakes—repeated, smiling handshakes”; “a win-win logic has replaced zero-sum competition”... Media outlets and think tanks around the world raced to describe their impressions as they watched these days closely.

“载入史册”“不是人们想象中的掰手腕，而是握手，一次次微笑握手”“共赢逻辑取代了零和博弈”……全球媒体和智库，竞相道出紧盯这些时日的观感。

The Chinese and US national flags fluttered in the autumn breeze along the streets of Washington. From approximately 5:40 p.m. local time on September 23, when President Xi Jinping’s special plane arrived at Joint Base Andrews, until 1 p.m. on September 25, when it took off from there again, this state visit to the United States by a Chinese president—the first in 11 years—lasted about 43 hours.

华盛顿的街巷，中美两国国旗在秋风中招展。自当地时间9月23日17时40分许，习近平主席乘专机抵达安德鲁斯空军基地，到25日13时，专机又从这里腾空而起。准确地说，这趟中国国家主席时隔11年再次对美国进行的国事访问，历时约43个小时。

During their morning tea on the 25th, President Trump asked President Xi Jinping with concern about his return flight.

25日上午茶叙时，特朗普总统关切询问习近平主席的回国航程。

Across continents and oceans, a journey of thousands of miles can nevertheless begin in the morning and end by evening. President Xi Jinping smiled and replied: “This is one of the relatively shorter routes.”

越大陆，过大洋，万里之遥却又朝发夕至。习近平主席微笑着回应：“这是比较近的一条航线了。”

Exchanges between China and the United States cannot be blocked, no matter how broad or vast the Pacific Ocean may be.

中美之间的交往，是太平洋再宽广、再浩瀚，也无法阻挡的。

President Trump characterized the visit as a “state visit plus.” The president and first lady personally attended or accompanied Xi and Peng at almost every event, and, in an exceedingly rare gesture, went to the airport themselves to welcome President Xi Jinping and his wife.

特朗普总统将此次访问定位于“国事访问+”。几乎每一场活动，总统夫妇都亲自出席或陪同，并极其罕见地亲赴机场迎接习近平主席夫妇。

The extraordinary protocol was merely one window onto major-country diplomacy.

超规格的礼遇，只是大国外交的一个窗口。

Another perspective is to examine the details of the two presidents’ interactions, the wording of their remarks, the consensus and outcomes they reached, and the actions taken to implement them—in order to understand whether the two countries are ultimately “adversaries or partners.”