U.S. Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken (Antony Blinken) said in the afternoon of the nomination hearing in the U.S. Senate that the Chinese Communist Party is indeed the “greatest challenge” to the United States, and he affirmed that the outgoing Trump administration is right to take a tough approach to the Chinese Communist Party, but in some policies and practices, the Biden administration will unite with allies to confront the Chinese Communist Party.
“Blinken: “genocide” of Xinjiang by Chinese Communist Party
During the hearing, Blinken spoke about the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights abuses in Xinjiang and its trampling of democracy in Hong Kong. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) asked Blinken if he agreed with outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo‘s assertion that the Communist Party’s Xinjiang policy was “genocide” before he handed over the baton. Blinken said “yes.” Graham also asked whether the Chinese Communist Party had misled the Xinjiang virus and the pneumonia outbreak. He said, “I think so.”
The day before Biden officially took office, the Senate, which still has a Republican majority, held a hearing on the nomination of Secretary of State designate Blinken. He also stressed that the United States will overcome authoritarian countries like China and Russia by practicing democratic values. Blinken said, “The United States can defeat the Chinese Communist Party by practicing democratic values, and that can remind the world that a government of the people, by the people, can also serve the people.”
What else is there to emulate about the spirit of democracy? There are differences in the positions of political parties, but the possibility of trying to find the good in each other is one example. In response to a question from Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Texas), Blinken affirmed parts of Trump’s foreign policy, particularly with China.
“I think the Trump administration is right to take a strong approach in dealing with the Chinese Communist Party, and I don’t agree with some of the policies and practices …… In my view, the Chinese Communist Party does pose the greatest challenge to the interests of the American people when compared to any other country, and that adversarial rivalry continues to rise. “
Blinken emphasized that the U.S. and China can cooperate where they have common interests in addition to competition, but the U.S. must be dealing with China on its strengths, not its weaknesses, which is why he believes the U.S. must join forces with its allies and work together to meet the CCP’s challenges, fight group warfare, and have the U.S. lead the international system in order to be well positioned to confront the CCP.
“It is the source of U.S. diplomatic strength to not belittle our allies in addition to strengthening ourselves; when we retreat from the international community and the international system, we give the Chinese Communist Party the opportunity to dictate the rules, and that does not help our strength in defending, say, human rights abuses in Xinjiang and democracy in Hong Kong.” Blinken said.
On the eve of his departure, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared that the U.S. had committed “crimes against humanity” by declaring that the Chinese Communist Party’s policy of imprisoning millions of Muslims in Xinjiang and practicing forced labor and ethnic cleansing was an act of “genocide.
The U.S. is in a better position to counter the threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party, Russia, Iran and North Korea, and to stand up for democracy and human rights,” Blinken said, stressing that the U.S. must restore damaged alliances and change the Trump administration’s past practice of dealing with the Chinese Communist Party on its own.
Blinken: U.S. Firmly Keeps Commitment to Taiwan
On the subject of Taiwan, Blinken responded that when he was deputy secretary of state in 2015, he met with Tsai Ing-wen, who was running for president at the time, inside the State Department. The two sides also had several opportunities to talk after Tsai became president; the U.S. commitment to Taiwan is “firm, long-term and cross-party. He also referred to the Taiwan Relations Act and the three U.S.-China communiqués, noting that “the Biden administration will absolutely sustain these commitments and ensure that Taiwan has the ability to defend itself.”
On the subject of Taiwan’s international participation, he also reiterated the consistent U.S. position that Taiwan should become a member of international organizations that do not require statehood as a prerequisite for participation, and participate in other ways in organizations that require statehood as a condition for participation.
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