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Mean to u.s./china relations. britt clennett reporting now from taiwan. >> reporter: tonight in a victory that could drive a wedge into already testy u.s./china relations, william lai ching-de, despised by china for his pro-independence stance, winning taiwan's presidential race. roaring celebration here as lai comes out to meet his supporters as taiwan's next leader. taiwan's voters rebuffing beijing's repeated warnings that the election is a choice between peace and war. china's government, which never had control over taiwan, threatening to take the self-governed island by force if necessar...

Cnn has lettered the director of the cia made an unannounced trip to china last month. william burns was there to keep open the lines of communication with beijing disrupted by recent political tensions. his visit is part of a larger effort to mend relations with china. >> reporter: u.s. officials described it as an intelligence to intelligence engagement that burns had in beijing, not a diplomatic engagement. we don't know which issues they dug into, but other officials said burns made the case to maintain open communication. of course the backdrop is across a broad spectrum, the u.s. and chi...

That china would not accept any groundless conjecture or hype over this balloon —— wang yi. also today we have a written statement from the foreign ministry, blaming some politicians in the media in the us for hyping the matter up. china has tried to apologise for this. the whole trip which was designed to mend relations here has now been put to one side, at least for the moment. you would imagine those who are working on this, hoping for a breakthrough this weekend, on both sides, must be pretty unhappy that it has all been spoiled by a balloon. but, you know, these are serious accusation...

A very important relationship for denmark, for the united states, they are long-term allies for security, for trade, the united states is denmark's biggest trading partner outside of the e.u. they'll have to work hard to try and contain this political fallout. of course, make some sort of response. >> trump is living on another planet. that is one response i will not forget. anna stewart live from copenhagen, thanks. a familiar pattern, the president picking a fight with an ally but welcoming an adversary. he says russia should be allowed back into the g8 which is new the g7, of course. fred...

Freshmen and requested a meeting over drinks. it did little to mend relations." trump's senses must have been tingling. he said this before leaving for new jersey today. >> i think these four congress woman,some worse than others, but if you look at the statements they made, what they call the people of our country and our country garbage, when they hit israel the way they have hit israel so hard, so horrible, to me that is a disgrace and we should never forget it. we're dealing with people that hate our country. >> meanwhile, 2020 democrats struggle to get any one's attention. unable to run a...