A tech-heavy guest list, the fashion choices of those on it, who sat where and what was on the menu marked the softer — often and glitzier — details of diplomacy as Donald Trump threw a Thursday night state dinner honoring China's leader Xi Jinping.

Source: [NPR News](https://www.npr.org/2026/09/25/g-s1-144973/trump-state-dinner-xi)

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