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poppy, so far the white house is not reissued reaction or clarification of the president s comments. but it does raise the question, whether the comments from president biden will complicate and potentially upend some of the efforts that were made over the weekend to ease tensions with china. it is worth noting president biden, as recently as saturday had actually talked about the chinese bible in incident and in similar terms saying it was an embarrassment for china s leadership. but he went a step further last night, when he compared to chinese president xi jinping to dictators. this came in and off-camera fundiser, which tends to be a venue where we see the president speak a little bit more freely and candidly about various matters. so that is something we have clearly seen takplace in relation to comments about china and this bible in incint. china has already slammed, the
us officials say expectations for the meeting are low. tensions have been steadily growing between the countries, mr blinken says he hopes points of cooperation can be found. earlier carl nasman spoke with the ranking member of the house select committee us competition with china. congressman, thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us. lincoln s visit to china, the first by a us secretary of state since 2018, first major re engagement between these two countries since the chinese bible insider in february blinken s. chinese spy scandal. what are you expecting to see out of this trip? i m really glad it s happening, i commend the biden administration for being persistent in making sure this trip occurs. but as you know, this is going to be not an end but a means to an end, and i m hopeful that it leads to more dialogue, more engagement and kind of stabilising the relationship. taiwan likely to be on the agenda.
correspondent jennifer griffin has the story. allows the summer to some of the country s most sensitive military bases more fifth-generation fighter jets it anywhere in the world. wealth america s most sophisticated ground-based radar and ballistic missile early warning systems. recently u.s. troops have encountered chinese nationals posing as tourists visiting alaska purportedly to see the northern lights and other attractions bring in instance first reported by usa today, a vehicle carrying several chinese citizens blew past a security checkpoint at fort wainwright in fairbanks, alaska for the chapin chase ensued a drone was shot inside the vehicle alaska senator dan sullivan expressed alarm. this is wake-up call we are in a new era of authority and aggressive led by the dictators in china and russia records from the chinese bible and incident in january, the pentagon altered its radar over alaska which had