On May 13, 2026, Jin Xing held an exchange event at the Paris 13th Arrondissement City Hall, introducing the Chekhov play The Cherry Orchard in which she stars.
US President Donald Trump pays a state visit to the People's Republic of China.
Trump stated that during his visit to Beijing in May, he established a trade council with the Chinese side, and teams from both sides subsequently promoted the establishment of a more balanced trade relationship.
In May 2026, a federal jury in New York found Lu Jianwang guilty of illegally acting as an agent of the Chinese government and of obstruction of justice, charging that he participated in Manhattan in assisting China's Ministry of Public Security in establishing and operating a transnational secret police station.
In May 2026, following the trial of a Chinese student in Germany for drugging and sexually assaulting multiple women on several occasions, the German Federal Cabinet passed a draft law increasing the minimum statutory sentence for rape committed using date-rape drugs from three years to five years.
On May 13, 2026, the German federal government passed a draft amendment to the Criminal Code, stipulating that committing sexual assault or robbery using dangerous means such as date-rape drugs is tantamount to using a dangerous weapon, and raising the statutory minimum sentence substantially from three years to five years.
When Air Force One landed at Beijing Capital International Airport on May 13, 2026, Xi Jinping did not go to the tarmac to greet Trump. Han Zheng presided over the welcome ceremony, which was attended by ambassadors of various countries to China, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the honor guard military band. It was not until the next day that Xi Jinping held a formal welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People.