on Mar 17, 2018 (Beijing time, though Mar 16 in US continent (American news media issued online report dated Mar 16), Mr Xi Jinping was re-elected as China's president, and immediately was inaugurated. On Mar 17 (Friday; American time), president Trump signed Taiwan Travel Act.
(b) In chronological order. There is no need to read the rest of either report.
(i) Carol D Leonnig, David Nakamura and Josh Dawsey, Trump's National Security Advisers Warned Him Not to Congratulate Putin. He Did It Anyway. Washington Post, Mar 20, 2018 (at 7:15 pm). https://www.washingtonpost.com/p ... 0284fce8_story.html
The first 2 and 1/4 paragraphs:
"President Trump did not follow specific warnings from his national security advisers Tuesday [Mar 20] when he congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his reelection — including a section in his briefing materials in all-capital letters stating 'DO NOT CONGRATULATE,' according to officials familiar with the call.
"Trump also chose not to heed talking points from aides instructing him to condemn the recent poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain with a powerful nerve agent, a case that both the British and U.S. governments have blamed on Moscow.
"The president's conversation with Putin, which Trump described as a 'very good call' * * *
"* * * during their [Trump-Putin] call Tuesday [Mar 20] morning, a [unnamed] source familiar with the President's thinking said.
"Trump was fuming Tuesday night, asking his allies and outside advisers who they thought had leaked the information, noting that only a small group of staffers have access to those materials and would have known what guidance was included for the Putin call, the source said.
"According to the source, the incident resurfaces his long-held belief there are individuals inside his administration -- especially in the national security realm -- who are actively working to undermine him.
* Dateline of this CNN report only indicates "Updated 12:11 PM ET, Wed March 21, 2018." However, Google timed this report "3h ago." It is 12:30 noon, Mar 21.