The nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has been questioned in the past for her speech at the Confucius Institute, and the nomination has been delayed by Republican lawmakers. The State Department said today that the Biden administration plans to outperform China on all fronts, including at the United Nations, and that Congress must pass the personnel package as soon as possible.
The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee was scheduled to vote this morning on the nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, but Republican Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) raised doubts about her Chinese Communist position and requested a delay.
Thomas Greenfield, who was invited to address the Confucius Institute at Savannah State University in October 2019, said that critics of predatory lending by the Chinese Communist Party or the acceptance of Beijing agreements by other governments should recognize that in many cases the United States and the West have not shown up on the ground or offered viable alternatives.
She, who served as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs under Barack Obama, also noted that trilateral relations between the U.S., China, and Africa have the potential to create a “3-win cooperation” model to achieve the goal of mutual development.
The speech by Thomas Greenfield was questioned by a number of lawmakers, including Cruz, at a January 27 personnel hearing because of the heightened Anti-Communist sentiment in the U.S. Congress in recent years.
During the hearing, Thomas Greenfield repeatedly expressed regret for accepting the invitation to speak, and emphasized that the Chinese Communist Party is the “strategic competitor” of the United States, and that she strongly supports Congress’ efforts to crack down on the Confucius Institute and will work to counter the Chinese Communist Party at the United Nations in the future.
According to the rules of procedure of the U.S. Congress, any member has the right to request a delay in the consideration of a personnel case until the next committee business meeting. Fortunately, the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee has planned two business meetings in a row this week, so the vote on the Thomas Greenfield personnel case will only be postponed from today to the morning of the 4th, and is expected to pass by then.
However, as the Senate is expected to start hearing the impeachment case of former President Trump on the 9th, it may not have Time to consider voting on the Thomas Greenfield personnel case, which may lead to the delay of the US ambassadorial representation at the UN.
State Department spokesman Ned Price, asked at a media briefing today, said that if the United States is to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable, it needs a Senate-approved ambassador to the United Nations, and that Thomas Greenfield has been sounding the alarm on China for decades.
The Biden Administration is poised to outsmart China on all fronts, including at the United Nations, and for that reason, Thomas Greenfield’s nomination must be approved quickly,” Price said.
The media asked whether the Biden administration supports the “one-China Policy,” Price said, noting that U.S. policy has not changed and is based on the one-China policy.
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