In six years of covering the White House, I had never seen a foreign host prevent the news media from watching Obama disembark. When a White House staff member protested to a Chinese security official that this was not normal protocol, the official shouted: "This is our country." The two were immediately stopped by the same Chinese official, who angrily challenged them. A Chinese foreign ministry official said, "Stop, please," adding, "There are reporters there." "This is our arrangement," a Chinese official explained to his American counterpart, according to a pool report.

Source: The Telegraph September 04, 2016 20:48 UTC