Video of China’s Put Down of U.S. During Tense Meeting Goes Viral

Video of China’s Put Down of U.S. During Tense Meeting Goes Viral

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken engaged in a strongly worded exchange with China's top diplomat on Thursday during a two-day summit in Alaska.An edited video of the exchange, which has been viewed more than 900,000 times on social media, showed Chinese Communist Party foreign affairs chief Yang Jiechi clashing with his American counterpart over the role of the U.S. in the region.The meeting of the two countries, the first of the post-Trump era, has been heralded as a chance to reset after four years of increasingly icy relations between the two economic powerhouses.But the opening day was defined by more hostile rhetoric, with Yang telling his counterpart that Washington "does not have the qualification to say that it wants to speak to China from a position of strength."The US delegation led by Secretary of State Antony Blinken (C), flanked by US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (R), face their Chinese counterparts at the opening session of US-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska on March 18, 2021. China's actions "threaten the rules-based order that maintains global stability," Blinken said Thursday at the opening of a two-day meeting with Chinese counterparts in Alaska.

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