lowest point since they established diplomatic relations in in 1979. we re covering all the important angles of this story. ivan watson is in hong kong. what can you tell us about the meeting that took place very diplomatically speaking i guess behind closed doors where they can do some real talking? reporter: right. actually, more than five hours more than seven and a half hours if you include the working dinner they had. jim, judging by the tone of the statement out of the chinese foreign ministry late at night on friday here in asia, it seems like this was a professional gathering. we did not hear the kind of insults and accusations and criticisms that have emerged in the past. instead, there was talk of a commitment of a stable and consistent relationship with the u.s. wanting to ensure that you could handle unexpected and
the department of state is going to have to craft that one on one to give president biden maximum leverage. timing matters there, obviously, but this president came into offense with one of the best row low texs of any commander in chief. he prides himself on the strength of relationships with world leaders. we ve seen it already in his tenure. it s important to convey correctly to xi jinping who s a deputy attorney general at a timer dictate e at this point of the chinese communism party that the thought about united states weakening is not correct. we re going to stand behind our allies, build strong economic partnerships and the pacific fleet is going to continue to make passages in south china sea, east china sea and the taiwan strait. i think it s important to establish strong military to
accusation that former president trump is being unfathirly targeted. what do you think of president biden avoiding making comments on this case? is that a good strategy? so, first of all, the department of justice is enforcing the law. in this country, nobody is above the law. it s one of the things that gives us strength as a democracy. i would add per our china conversation. in china people swear an oath to the chinese communist party in this country people swear an oath to the constitution. both republican and democratic officials need to take it seriously. i ask my colleagues do you bear true faith and allegiance to donald trump or the constitution? right now it sounds like you re putting him first and that s concerning for our democracy. president biden is doing what any responsible president would do, which is allowing the doj to pursue facts and the law, allowing a jury of donald trump s peers to decide if
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thanks for that. let s go to priscilla alvarez in delaware where the president is spending this sunday. the biden administration said the trip is about getting through frosty tensions between the u.s. and china and getting them to thaw. how is it on the white house end of things? reporter: this is also to lay the ground work so president biden can speak with the chinese president or meet with him in the next several months. this is one of the most complicated relationships that the u.s. has and tensions between the two countries have been strained and sorared earlir this year when a chinese spy balloon flew over the united states and in addition to that there have been military related incidents with china as well as an expansion of intelligence gathering by china.