house. now, we are getting strong reaction from china condemning the democracy summit. cnn s kristie lu stout joins me with more. china wasn t invited to the summit. how has beijing taken the snub here? reporter: china continues to dismiss and denounce biden s democracy forum. we heard from china s taiwan affairs office. it called it, quote, a political maneuver. state-run global times, the tabloid in china, called it, quote, a joke. we know the united states invited representatives from over a hundred countries to take part in this virtual two-day conference on democracy was not invited. taiwan was invited. in fact, its digital minister was one of the featured speakers. she is scheduled to be on a panel to discuss ways to confront digital authoritarianism. and within the last hour or so, taiwan s ministry of foreign affairs has released an advance clip of what she is expected to say.