A state-run news outlet in China has slammed the Western media for being arrogant in the way they reported the airport row when U.S. President Barack Obama landed in Hangzhou for the G20 summit last week.

"The skirmishes between Chinese and US officials when US President Barack Obama arrived in Hangzhou for the G20 summit on Saturday have attracted undue attention from Western media outlets, dismaying Chinese netizens and observers who viewed the hype as fresh evidence of the arrogance of some in the West," the Global Times reported.

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There was a disagreement over security protocols on the tarmac when Obama landed in Hangzhou on Saturday followed by a heated exchange between Chinese officials and Secret Service Agents, at the West Lake State House, where the U.S. President met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jingping.

Obama's National Security Advisor Susan Rice was also involved in an argument with a Chinese official who stopped her from crossing a media rope as she made her way to the U.S. motorcade.

"Although Xi and Obama reached a long list of agreements on a wide range of topics such as the economy, security and climate change in bilateral talks, Western media did not seem to find these achievements as intriguing as the tiffs, into which they immediately read deeply," the publication added.

The media outlet also pointed out that many Chinese netizens concurred with China's foreign ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying, who said that criticized the manner in which the Western press covered the incident.

Hua said that the Western media fabricated stories and added their own presumptions without corroborating the facts. "This would only consolidate the impression that some Western media are arrogant and big-headed," she said.

The publication, however, seemed to be pleased with the way Obama recently played down the airport incident during a news conference when he asked the media not to "overcrank the significance" of the spat.

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