新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2017/09/14（在线收听）

特朗普年内访华，中美关系何去何从？

Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm Suyi.

Coming up：

--China has confirmed US president Donald Trump will pay a state visit later this year；

--Major stats for China’s economy in August miss expectations；

--Who will tango with Merkel? German poll battle heats up;

--The International Olympic Committee awards Paris 2024, LA 2028.

For more on this, CRI' Suyi is now joined on the line by

Tao Wenzhao, senior research fellow of Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Science；

Yu Pingkang, Chief Economist and Chair of Investment Committee of Changjiang Pension Insurance, earlier talked with our Zhao Yang;

Dr. Simon Franzmann, Assistant professor in political science, University of Düsseldorf, earlier spoke with our Ge Anna;

And Li Xiang，senior sports journalist.