US Secretary of State-nominee at the Senate approval hearing▶ Click here for a larger view
Key staffs of the newly launched US Joe Biden administration are clearly showing an aggressive attitude toward China.
China is looking forward to improving US-China relations, but it seems to be an opportunity to recognize once again that the confrontational structure between the two countries will essentially remain unchanged.
Key staffs of the next Biden government’s government at the Senate approval hearing on the 19th (local time) implied that the Biden government would continue a strong stance against China following Donald Trump administration.
According to Reuters, US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln said there is “no doubt” that China is the biggest challenge for the United States.
“It was right that President Trump took a tough approach to China,” Blincoln said.
He also said he believes that there is a very strong foundation for establishing a bipartisan policy on China.
He asserted that China is publicly pursuing global hegemony.
Avril Haynes, the head of the National Intelligence Service (DNI), who oversees all intelligence agencies in the United States, said the United States should “take an aggressive stance” against the threat from China.
When asked whether he viewed China as an enemy at a hearing, President-elect Joe Biden generally viewed China as a’global competitor’, but in the field of information and trade, he stipulated that China was clearly a’enemy’.
Haynes said he wants to use his intelligence to better support China’s efforts to respond to human rights abuses, as well as unfair, illegal, aggressive and coercive actions.
Haynes Nominee for National Intelligence Service Speaking at Senate Approval Hearing▶ Click here for a larger view
The prospect that Biden’s public policy differs from Trump’s methodology prevails.
The nominee for Secretary of State Blincoln said President Trump’s basic principles were correct, but disagrees with his approach in many areas.
Such remarks are interpreted to reflect the willingness to differentiate President Trump from the Biden administration, although the administration will continue to take public hardline measures.
At the hearing, Blincoln’s nominee expressed his intention to respond to China in cooperation with allies and international organizations.
Meanwhile, he also expressed sympathy for his predecessor, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s super hard remarks to the public.
Minister Pompeo onslaught that the policy of Muslim minorities in the Uighur Autonomous Region in Xinjiang in western China is a’genocide’.
Reuters pointed out, “It was an embarrassing blow to China ahead of Biden’s inauguration.”
“My judgment is the same,” said Blincoln’s nominee for Pompeo’s genocide rule.
This shows that the US and China are difficult to avoid conflict due to human rights issues such as Xinjiang and Tibet.
The Taiwan issue is also a spark that can push the US-China conflict to the limit.
Biden’s couple entered Washington the day before inauguration▶ Click here for a larger view
Blincoln said the United States will ensure that Taiwan can defend itself against China.
China is also well aware that it is impossible to return US-China relations to the pre-Trump administration. Accordingly, they are preparing to fight actively against the American offensive under the banner of technological independence.
At the same time, however, China is actively beckoning to improve relations with the United States.
In a New Year interview, Wang Yi, a member of the State Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs in charge of China’s foreign affairs, said, “Sino-US relations are at a new crossroads and can open new windows of hope.”
President Xi Jinping also emphasized US-China economic and trade cooperation in a recent letter to Honorary Chairman Howard Schultz, Starbucks.
“The relationship between China and the United States during Trump’s tenure was the worst ever. We can’t imagine anything worse than this, so whatever change Biden attempts, it will be better than Trump’s policy,” said the Global Times. .
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