After the first U.S.-China high-level talks ended last week in Alaska, members of Congress from both sides of the aisle slammed the Chinese Communist Party‘s brutal war-wolf diplomacy. Some lawmakers said that after the high-level talks, the U.S. and China will not cooperate as much as before, and that the two countries will begin “a long and arduous negotiation.
At the talks, Yang Jiechi, director of the Chinese Communist Party’s Foreign Affairs Office, made several remarks that departed from diplomatic tradition and etiquette, clearly reflecting the Chinese government’s hard-line approach to the international community. His remarks such as “You (the U.S.) are not qualified to talk to China with strength in front of China,” “The Chinese do not eat this,” and “Have we suffered less from the foreigners? This has set off a new wave of nationalist sentiment in the Chinese domestic network.
But this “war-wolf diplomacy” attitude has not been praised by the international community. Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said, “This is probably the first Time I’ve seen that kind of attitude in a public meeting.” He thinks this kind of war-wolf diplomacy is very foolish, but he is not surprised by the Chinese attitude and rhetoric.
Rubio said they do that because such behavior is rewarded. It’s the same way they’ve taken with other countries, being aggressive in private and even making threats in public.
Senate Intelligence Committee member John Cornyn, a Republican, similarly said he was not surprised by the “wolf diplomacy” displayed by the Chinese Communist Party. He said it is easy to see this in the Communist Party’s cyber activities or espionage in the South China Sea and in the United States.
Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan described the atmosphere at the meeting as cold as the weather in Alaska.
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.Y.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, argued that Blinken’s direct and forceful response to the Chinese Communist Party sent a clear and powerful signal that the U.S. and China would no longer cooperate as they had in the past.
Menendez also characterized the CCP as a “strategic competitor” of the United States in a recent hearing, calling on the United States to be prepared to compete and confront the CCP on all fronts.
Sullivan argued that while the CCP is “rising”, it wants to see the free world countries continue to be divided domestically, and it wants the U.S. to be torn apart domestically, leading to a decline. So Republicans and Democrats must work together to reach a unanimous consensus to deal with the Chinese Communist Party. This is what the Chinese Communist Party fears, he said.
Rubio stressed that America’s top priority will always be to protect its own national interests. “Whatever policy is developed must not come at the expense of America’s core values and core interests.”
Koning analyzed that the high-level U.S.-China talks are over, and the U.S. and China will enter a new phase of complex and difficult issues, heralding the beginning of a long and difficult bilateral engagement.
Biden has been in power for more than two months, and his policy toward the Communist Party of China has yet to take formal shape, including how to deal with a series of bans and tariffs associated with former President Donald Trump (Trump) that have been put on hold. The Biden Administration has repeatedly emphasized that it will focus on democratic values and holding the Chinese Communist Party accountable for human rights abuses. The U.S. executive branch said it will fully reassess its relationship with the Chinese Communist Party and formally launch a full strategy on China after consulting with Congress.
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