exercises. the expectation here is that this won t be as pronounced as a response this time because the meeting is occurring in the u.s. so we ll see if that actually comes to pass. again, so far we ve already heard pretty fiery rhetoric out of the chinese government since this meeting was announced publicly, jose courtney kube, in taipei, thanks for the very latest according to adp which a payroll processing firm, private payrolls rose by 145,000 in march, and that s well below wall street expectations the company s chief economist calls the report, quote, one of several signals the economy is slowing. joining us now is cnbc s dominic chu. what more did we learn from these number snz. the 145,000 you mentioned is 60,000 jobs less than economists were expecting again, that huge miss is what is leading some people to say that
so, obviously, this is something that sorry, john, i just lost my train of thought. it s very late at night here. but as you can see, this is certainly yeah, this is certainly a very significant moment, and we ll have to see how it plays out. we ll watch what actions come beyond the words. will ripley live for us in taipei. thank you, will. let s get our senior international security analyst james clapper. grateful for your time today. the picture is important. this is xi and putin essentially saying to united states and to the west, it s us versus you, essentially. but beyond the picture and beyond president xi saying we have shared goals, what are you most looking forward to out of this meeting? well, what i m most looking for, of course, is what kind of announcement they make which i think will be a good bit of form
digital minister, audrey tang. can taiwan really forge its own path? minister audrey tang in taipei, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, really happy to be here. president xi of china reiterated at the recent chinese communist party congress that china wants to strive for the prospect of peaceful unification with taiwan but that he would never promise to give up the option to use force. just sum up for briefly the mood for us, the reaction to that possibly new threat? that s a familiar message, we have been hearing that for quite some time. of course, we have to prepare ourselves to face the authoritarian expansionism but that has been the case for as long as i can remember.
leading to speculation that it is preparing for an invasion. taiwan has also been subjected to cyber attacks from china. my guest is the taiwanese digital minister, audrey tang. can taiwan really forge its own path? minister audrey tang in taipei, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. really happy to be here. president xi of china reiterated at the recent chinese communist party congress that china wants to strive for the prospect of peaceful unification with taiwan, but that he will never promise to give up the option to use force.
my guest is the taiwanese digital minister, audrey tang. can taiwan really forge its own path? minister audrey tang in taipei, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. really happy to be here. president xi of china reiterated at the recent chinese communist party congress that china wants to strive for the prospect of peaceful unification with taiwan, but that he will never promise to give up the option to use force. just sum up briefly the mood for us, the reaction to that possibly new threat. well, there s a familiar message. we ve been hearing that for quite some time. of course, we have to prepare ourselves to face the authoritarian expansionism, but that has been the case