By Eduardo Baptista and Alessandro Diviggiano BEIJING (Reuters) -Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile) course.

A Beijing half-marathon featured a road race between human runners and 21 robot models—it showed how far robots still are from being able to mimic human activity.

Reporters ask President Trump about the status of his negotiations with China and, in particular, whether he has spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping amid the ongoing trade war.

Your Christmas decorations probably come from this one Chinese city. But anxiety is high, with vendors on the front lines of the US-China trade war.

Trump said China had been in touch since the imposition of tariffs and expressed optimism that they could reach a deal.

Ford has halted shipping expensive Raptors, Mustangs and more to China as tariffs soar to 150%. It still exports some engines and transmissions.

Ford Motor said on Friday it has halted shipments of its SUVs, pick-up trucks and sports cars to China, as it starts to face the heat from retaliatory tariffs that have seen vehicles face taxes as high as 150%.