issues here today but china wasn't having any of it chinese communist party foreign affairs chief yang g.h.a. fired back by questioning america status as a leader on the global stage. when talking about universal values or international public opinion on the part of the united states we hope the u.s. side will think about whether it feels reassured saying those things because the us does not represent the world it only represents the government of the united states . or adults get more on this need and now we have just the berlin with us she's a us political analyst based here in germany and we also have correspondent 5 encroachment in beijing welcome to you both jessica let's start with you this wasn't exactly a promising start in this 1st face to face meeting was it. no sumi not at all the biting ministration has really come out swinging here and as you said the chinese are having none of it i would say that this was not an accident we might call it and in a suspicious start but i think the by did ministration is trying to redraw the lines and really show china that america is back is aimi

issues here today a china wasn't having any of that chinese communist party foreign affairs chief yang g.h.a. fired back by questioning america status as a leader on the global stage. when talking about universal values or international public opinion on the part of the united states we hope the u.s. side will think about whether it feels reassured saying those things because the u.s. does not represent the world it only represents the government of the united states . all right let's talk about that testy meeting with correspondent. joining us from beijing this wasn't really the best start for the 1st face to face talks was it. no it was not it was really catastrophic but it reflects actually the bilateral ties who are at an all time low recently there was a gallup in america and almost half of the american citizens said that they perceive china is the biggest threat to the nation and that's by far the number one and double the number than last year so it really increased a lot but also from the chinese side n.t. americanism is at an all time high and you should also not forget that both go