Obama said such tiffs show the differing views on human rights and press freedom between US and China. US President Obama is currently in China to attend the G-20 summit. A tarmac tiff between US and Chinese officials over media access highlighted the gap between views on human rights and press freedom, US President Barack Obama said on Sunday after the incident soured the start of a global summit. China's government minders gave American National Security Advisor Susan Rice and other US officials trouble over press access to the US leader's arrival in the eastern city of Hangzhou. The incident was not a first for China, Obama said during a press briefing with new British Prime Minister Theresa May.

Source: dna September 04, 2016 12:22 UTC