The summit has just finished and Xi Jinping and Donald Trump have had a very cordial set of encounters. From my point of view though, Xi Jinping in terms of the optics at least came out on top. Trump was going into this summit at a very difficult moment.He was looking for some kind of validation from Xi Jinping and from this trip to China. He needed to come out with a win. On Taiwan, Xi struck a very strong note right at the beginning of the meetings when he said that this is a a red line for for the Chines ...

MR. SECRETARY, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.I DO WANT TO START BY ASKING YOU, ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT YOU'RE EVEN HERE IN CHINA AS A US SENATOR, YOU KNOW YOU WERE SANCTIONED BY CHINA BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU SAID, TALKING ABOUT CHINA'S RECORD WHEN IT CAME TO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. YOU HAVE NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM THAT. DO YOU STILL FEEL THE SAME WAY NOW THAT YOU'RE IN THIS COUNTRY.I MEAN, THE DIFFERENCE IS MY JOB NOW IS NO LONGER JUST TO BE A SENATOR. MY JOB IS A DIFFERENT JOB. I'M THE CHIEF DIPLOMAT ...

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think there's very little incentive for China to help the U .S. on Iran. In the straits, specifically. In the straits, specifically.Just the immediate update from the strait is that a boat was sunk yesterday. Another one was taken by Iranian forces and dragged toward the Iranian coastline. So, no change there.And then the long term, and you talked about it yesterday, it was a story I did about Chinese companies, private companies selling anti-aircraft missiles or they're considering the sale of anti-aircraf ...

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