President Trump is hosting a state dinner for President Xi Jinping of China on Thursday evening. According to the three-course menu released by the White House, the dishes were chosen to emphasize American ingredients with a “subtle Chinese influence.”\n\nChefs will serve Mr. Trump, Mr. Xi and other guests a main course of sesame-crusted sea bass and crisp baby bok choy. The yellow squash appetizer will be drizzled with scallion oil.

The East Room tables will be laid with red linens, a reference to the color’s significance in China.\n\nDiners will toast with Schramsberg, the California sparkling wine that President Richard M. Nixon drank in 1972 during his visit to Beijing. The opera singer Christopher Macchio will headline the evening’s musical lineup.