In an interview with former Secretary of State Hillary, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that defending democratic values is one of the key strengths of the United States and that the U.S. must speak out and not turn a blind eye at this Time, in light of the Chinese Communist Party‘s detention of Uighurs in concentration camps in Xinjiang and the continued trampling of democracy and human rights in Hong Kong.
On February 25, Antony Blinken accepted a speech from Hillary Clinton, who served as Secretary of State during the term of former President Barack Obama. The two Secretaries of State spoke eloquently for nearly 40 minutes about the diplomatic challenges facing the U.S. in an interview on Hillary Clinton’s Podcast program. The interview was officially broadcast on the 2nd.
In the interview, Hillary said the U.S. and China can work together on climate change and global public health; but in other areas, the U.S. needs to take some tough positions. She asked Blinken how he sees some of the problems derived from the Chinese Communist Party.
Blinken began by saying that the U.S.-China relationship is one of the most complex and important bilateral relationships in the world, and that the international community must understand that there are many different aspects to the relationship.
According to Blinken, the U.S.-China relationship has become increasingly hostile due to the increasingly aggressive foreign behavior of the Chinese Communist Party and its increasingly oppressive domestic practices, but the relationship also faces healthy competition and has a cooperative dimension, as it is in our bilateral interest to work together on some of the major issues such as climate change.
At the same time, Blinken believes that the United States must take a strong position in dealing with the Chinese Communist Party, regardless of whether it is hostile, competitive, or cooperative. The U.S. needs to be on the same page as its allies and partners, otherwise when the U.S. withdraws, the CCP will automatically fill the gap, and when the U.S. is involved and leading, such a partnership can form a significant force against the CCP.
Finally, Blinken says another source of American strength is defending the values of its own faith. So when it sees the Uighurs in Xinjiang being sent to concentration camps, and when it sees democracy being trampled on in Hong Kong, the U.S. will rise up and point out these problematic points, will not ignore it, and will attract other allies to join the U.S. in the fight against the CCP.
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