As Melania Trump returns to the White House, she’s winning Chinese fans

U.S. first lady Melania Trump hands out bald eagle dolls to Chinese children holding U.S. and Chinese flags near the panda enclosure at a zoo in Beijing, on Nov. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

FILE – U.S. first lady Melania Trump and Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan, second right, hold up Chinese calligraphy of the character for “Fortune” written by students during a visit to the Banchang Primary School in Beijing, on Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool, File)

First lady Melania Trump, from center to right, followed by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., walks through the Capitol, Monday, March 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)