Posted on 03/24/2021 7:06:36 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Last Thursday, Chinese officials met with their American counterparts in Anchorage, Alaska, for two days, and, by all accounts, the meeting was not friendly. The Biden administration called their first encounter with China“tough and direct” but one expert said it was far worse than that, claiming that from the Chinese perspective, it was the first shot fired in a cold war.
ANCHORAGE MEETING: ROUGH ALL-AROUND The meetings started out with Secretary of State Antony Blinken making general remarks. After what seemed to be a fairly generic and mild speech, China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi lashed out. In remarks that were supposed to last two minutes, Yang spoke for 16, criticizing the United States’ struggling democracy, poor treatment of minorities, and criticizing its foreign and trade policies.
“The United States uses its military force and financial hegemony to carry out long-arm jurisdiction and suppress other countries,” said Yang. “We believe that it is important for the United States to change its own image and to stop advancing its own democracy in the rest of the world.”
“It abuses so-called notions of national security to obstruct normal trade exchanges, and incite some countries to attack China,” he added.
“We expected to have tough and direct talks on a wide range of issues, and that’s exactly what we had,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters. The Chinese officials did not address the Western media.
One of the points of contention is the issue of grave humanitarian offenses targeting Uyghur Muslims. But the Biden administration must also address humanitarian offenses against Tibet and Hong Kong, cyberattacks, and intellectual property theft carried out by the government and Chinese companies. In addition, many hold China responsible for the pandemic which began in its borders.
‘“On economics, on trade, on technology, we told our counterparts that we are reviewing these issues with close consultation with Congress, with our allies and partners, and we will move forward on them in a way that totally protects and advances the interests of our workers and our businesses,” Blinken told the press.
The rough beginning comes as no surprise as Biden referred to Chinese President Xi Jinping as a “thug” during his election campaign, saying that his administration must stand up to China or they would “eat our lunch.”
The Chinese are just trying to manipulate Biden et al.
If a war with the Chicoms happened Joe Dementia would surrender immediately.
Expert is wrong.
Blincken and the woman with purple hair who sat next to him went to Alaska to express kinship with the Chinese communists they so admire and further apologize and demonize Trump. They instead got hosed and were stunned. They all but cried. The Chinese can’t stop laughing. Doubt however there will be any shooting.Why would the Chinese want to fight when they are getting all they want with their current plan and their cooperation from the people who run the corrupt, demented Biden??
They are asking themselves, "Can America get any weaker and/or more chaotic than it is right now?"
If they conclude the answer is no, they will attack.
And who can blame them. Why wait for the pendulum to swing back and have to deal with another Trump in the WH?
Well that is really what the US is supposed to be doing - promoting freedom and democracy throughout the world.
But let's make them a deal - stop advancing your communism and we'll stop also.
They will consider moving to a traditional hot war only as a last resort.
That will not change.
Oh come on folks, the Chinese in Alaska were just there to survey the territory they want the pervasively compromised deep state Buyden puppet-masters to give them, or to survey what they intend to lay future claim.
“Experts” like believing the science like political science. The Chicoms are playing the USA like the Soviets did anytime a weakling DNC administration was in power. In this case the Chicoms punked the Bidets and China is going to make massive gains in their long term goals.
One EMP over the center of America’s land mass would do it. Or a faulty part in our power grid, could kill millions without a shot.
The EMP "threat" is a joke. So much hype....
So why do we offshore and buy from them????
Amazing how the word tariff and cold war never seem to appear in the same thread on Free Republic...
From what I’ve seen in auto parts, the trend is now away from China toward Vietnam, India, and Indonesia following low wages.
The progression over the years USA>>Mexico>>China>>India
We need a really high across the board tariff. MAKE IT HERE, DO IT NOW!!!
Rubbish.
at least there are no more mean tweets
The Chicoms ate, whoever we had there representing us, for lunch.
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