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Here’s what you need to know:

In China, Trump tries flattery.

• President Trump, on a state visit to Beijing, heaped praise on President Xi Jinping today and said that the U.S. and China had the “power to liberate the world” from the North Korean “menace.”

Mr. Trump also vowed to redress chronic trade imbalances, framing them as a failure of American policy. He even saluted China for leaving the U.S. “so far behind.”

• One big challenge: closing China’s booming drug bazaars, which contribute to the American opioid crisis.