rel rel rel relevant counselor access. reporter: of course tensions continue to simmer between china and the united states over trade, over taiwan, over tech, over other geopolitical issues. it also comes at a time when these two powers are trying to stabilize the relationship. last week as we reported here, we saw china s top diplomat and u.s. national security adviser have the two days of talks in vienna. and during those talks, jake sullivan brought up the issue about u.s. citizens detained in china and he added that this was a personal priority for president biden. there are at least three other americans known to be in prison in china. and i want to share it with you, they include a father pictured there to the righthand side of the screen. he has been detained since 2016 on spying charges that he denies. there is also on the left of your screen, a businessman convicted in 2019. he was arrested and been
greater priority than the safety agiliti of the u.s. citizens overseas. given privacy concerns, i don t have anything else off her. now this case comes as the tendon continues to simmer between the u.s. and china over trade, over taiwan, over tech, geopolitical issues, and the list goes on. it also comes as these two world powers are trying to stabilize this rocky relationship and i was just last week when we saw china s top diplomats as while u.s. national security advisor and their teams meet for two days of talks in vienna. during the talks, jake sullivan raise concerns about the fate of u.s. citizens detained in china. he added that this was a personal priority for the u.s. president. now that are three other americans are known to be imprisoned in china. we have photographs of two of them who are wrongfully detained according to the u.s. government. kai lee, a father detained
which he essentially said that we need to do a little less fighting with china and a little bit more cooperating because the uk needs to talk to them about trade, and he is talking about climate change. at the same time, as raising difficult issues. so today the foreign secretary said he raised areas of disagreement in that meeting over hong kong, over taiwan, disagreement in that meeting over hong kong, overtaiwan, but also disagreement in that meeting over hong kong, over taiwan, but also he said i raised areas of what he called by the corporation. so that meeting, that picture will be controversial for some. controversialfor some. yeah i read his tweet on controversialfor some. yeah i read his tweet on the controversialfor some. yeah i read his tweet on the meeting controversialfor some. yeah i read his tweet on the meeting with - controversialfor some. yeah i read his tweet on the meeting with the l his tweet on the meeting with the chinese. he has been treating quite a lot t
eventually be released through prisoner exchange with the u.s. last week russia s deputy foreign minister said moscow would consider that only after a trial is over. gershkovich is a first overseas journalist to face espionage charges in russia since the end of the cold war. margaret is imported from washington thanks for the president biden says he plans to speak with chinese president xi jinping soon. but will it be enough to thaw the chili relations between beijing and washington over taiwan, the trade war and a host of other issues. michael pillsbury heritage foundation senior fellow for chinese strategy author of the 100 year marathon, china secret strategy to replace the united states as a global superpower joins us next. (christina) with verizon business unlimited, i get 5g, truly unlimited data and unlimited hotspot data. so no matter what. i m running this kitchen. (vo) make the switch. it s your business. it s your verizon.
confrontation over china and the u.s. over taiwan and wanted to preserve europe s options, trade options. what is your reaction to that? well, we ve never been a vas el, we are independent countries, sovereign countries in europe that make our own decision i think the lesson of history is very clear that the best way to defend democracy and freedom is when europe and north america stand shoulder to shoulder, and we share those values, and it s very important that when those values are under threat as we re seeing in ukraine, for example, the strength of the western response in ukraine is one of the main reasons why russia is losing this war, and that s one of the things that has been a very strong message amongst finance ministers among the international fund in washington this week. people who share the same values