On New Year’s Eve, Biden called on Xi Jinping and talked about what?
Biden spoke with Xi Jinping by phone for the first Time since taking office, on the same day that the U.S. Department of Defense will set up a working group to review its strategy toward China.
On the morning of China’s New Year’s Eve, the White House released a statement on the evening of Feb. 10, U.S. time, announcing that Biden and Xi Jinping had a phone conversation. The statement noted that Biden shared his congratulations to Xi on the Chinese New Year and talked about his concerns about matters in areas such as human rights.
The White House statement said President Biden reiterated his top priority of protecting the security, prosperity, health and way of Life of the American people and maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific. President Biden underscored his fundamental concerns about Beijing‘s coercive and unfair economic practices, its crackdown on Hong Kong, human rights abuses in Xinjiang, and increasingly arbitrary actions in the region, including against Taiwan.
The two leaders also exchanged views on addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and the common challenges of global health security, climate change and preventing weapons proliferation. Biden pledged to pursue pragmatic, results-oriented engagement in promoting the interests of the American people and our allies.
The statement released by the White House included a number of sensitive topics that Beijing authorities were reluctant to mention. The statement said, “President Biden highlighted fundamental concerns about Beijing’s coercive and unfair economic practices, its repression in Hong Kong, its human rights abuses in Xinjiang, and its increasingly assertive actions in the region, including against Taiwan.”
And in the call, Xi again congratulated Biden on his inauguration as U.S. president and said that U.S.-China relations are at an important juncture and that Beijing hopes for “win-win cooperation” with Washington, according to a report by Xinhua, the Communist Party’s official media.
Xi also said that the issues of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Xinjiang are the internal affairs of the Chinese Communist Party and that the U.S. should act with caution.
During a tour of the Pentagon earlier the same day, Biden said he had instructed new Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to set up a task force to re-examine strategy toward China, including in the areas of intelligence, technology and military engagement.
Reuters quoted a U.S. official who declined to be named as saying the 15-member task force is expected to submit its recommendations to authorities within four months.
The media at the Defense Department asked Biden if he would hold China responsible for the outbreak, but Biden did not respond positively, saying he needed to know all the information.
As China and U.S. cross paths, what secrets were leaked in CCP’s anti-missile test announcement
On Feb. 4, the Chinese Communist Party’s Ministry of Defense suddenly announced late at night, and with only two sentences, “On Feb. 4, 2021, China conducted a land-based mid-range anti-missile interceptor technology test in its territory, which achieved the expected purpose. This test was defensive in nature and did not target any country.”
The news is actually quite relevant, as the Chinese Communist Party’s missile interception test may have considered a defensive function, but it was more offensive, i.e., the real purpose of the test may still be to enhance the ability to attack U.S. satellites, according to a commentary by Shen Zhou published by the Epoch Times.
By suddenly announcing this test, the CCP should be telling the U.S. that it can launch missiles at any time to destroy U.S. satellite systems, at least those over China’s domain or neighborhood. Under the guise of defense, the Chinese Communist Party has made it impossible for the outside world to condemn the test, but by deliberately stating that it is “not aimed at any country,” it is telling the United States that it is aimed at the United States.
On Feb. 4, Biden made a speech calling the Chinese Communist Party “the most serious competitor” late at night on the mainland, which coincided with a late-night release from the Chinese Defense Ministry. The Chinese Communist Party actually warned Biden that it could launch an anti-satellite attack at any time and make the United States lose its eyes in space. This move, far more provocative than sending planes to harass the Taiwan Strait, was followed by a significantly heightened U.S. military response, with a U.S. destroyer sailing into the territorial waters of the Xisha Islands claimed by the CCP on Feb. 5, a special call by Biden to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on Feb. 8, and a high-profile announcement of dual carrier exercises in the South China Sea on Feb. 9. Perhaps it was the Chinese Communist Party’s so-called missile interception test that really irritated the United States.
Shen Zhou said the various types of weapons imitated or developed by the Chinese Communist Party are more focused on offense than defense. Or rather, the CCP’s weapons development is basically looking at how to hurt others, with little thought given to protecting CCP military soldiers or ordinary people. Of course, there are multiple systems of self-protection at the top of the CCP, which is why the CCP dares to say that it will destroy the United States at the expense of half of China.
The CCP should not have really mastered the whole set of technology for mid-range missile interception yet, but the anti-satellite technology is probably improving.
Shen Zhou said that the Chinese Communist Party is temporarily unable to truly deploy a mid-range missile interceptor system, nor is it developing and deploying a terminal missile interceptor system as soon as possible. The Chinese Communist Party military emphasizes offense over defense and lacks missile defense capabilities on land, and naval vessels are almost living targets, so the Chinese Communist Party military is equal to once again exposing itself to defense shortcomings.
Biden panics as California governor’s plan works
On Monday (Feb. 8), John Cox, a wealthy San Diego businessman who was endorsed by former President Trump, officially announced his second run for California governor.
As of Feb. 4, the “Recall Gavin 2020” campaign has collected more than 1.4 million signatures, and will be successful if it collects nearly 1.5 million valid voter signatures by March 17. Volunteers had previously set a record of 100,000 signatures in a week, and promoters have raised their goal to 1.8 million signatures by March 10 to ensure enough valid signatures.
As of Monday, nearly 10 percent of the petitions were submitted by registered Democrats, nearly 25 percent were signed by unaffiliated voters and 66.5 percent were from Republicans.
The voting process is divided into two parts, with the first step being that voters must first choose whether to agree to recall Newsom. If a majority of people vote for recall, the second step is to elect a new governor on the ballot, and the person with the most votes will eventually win.
Cox’s announcement of his candidacy at this time signals that he will also be one of the candidates for replacement governor once the special recall election is held as scheduled. Even if it doesn’t go as expected, he will continue to challenge Newsom, who is seeking re-election, for the California governor’s seat in 2022.
As momentum builds to remove Newsom from office in California, on Tuesday (9), White House press secretary Jen Psaki issued a brief tweet stating that President Joe Biden supports Democratic Governor Newsom. Biden and Newsom have agreed on a range of issues, including climate change and the Communist Party’s viral crisis.
Newsom is also embroiled in a serious fraud scandal related to the state’s unemployment agency, which has further weakened his standing with voters.
At a press conference Thursday, Newsom was frequently interrupted by chants of “Oust Newsom!” chants.
Biden wants Burmese junta to hand over power, freeze nearly $1 billion in U.S. assets
The Free Times quoted foreign media reports, Burma’s military launched a coup on the 1st to overthrow the democratically elected government, arresting substantive leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others, causing people to take to the streets to protest against the military head’s actions, Biden also announced on February 10, local time in the United States will be through an executive order on Burma’s military government to impose sanctions, freezing its assets of $1 billion in the United States, so that the military leadership can not access funds, and said that the next will More measures will follow.
Biden said the new sanctions will ensure that Burma’s military leadership cannot access its assets while maintaining support for the Burmese people, including health care programs, civil society groups and other areas.
Chinese-American Scholar Imprisoned by Iran Reveals Little-Known Inside Story
Photo: Xi-Yue Wang with Brain Hook, the Trump Administration‘s Iranian envoy, in Switzerland on Dec. 7, 2019.
Wang Xiyue, a Chinese-American history scholar who was once illegally imprisoned by Iranian authorities for three years on espionage charges and finally returned to the United States after being rescued by the Trump administration, recently said he opposes Biden’s nomination of Robert Malley, a senior adviser under Obama, as his special envoy to Iran because Malley’s appeasement of Iran does not work.
The Times reported on February 8 that Biden had abandoned the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” policy on Iran after taking office, and wanted to use Malley, a senior adviser on the Middle East under Obama, as the U.S. president’s special envoy to Iran, while reinstating the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed by the Obama administration and Iran. Wang Xiyue, a historian at Princeton University, expressed his disappointment.
These were the policies of the former Obama administration toward Iran, and he once endorsed these policies of the Obama administration toward Iran and believed that the international community could change the Iranian government for the better by easing relations with Iran, however, his experience of being illegally detained by the Iranian authorities made him realize that Iran is not willing to change by engaging with the international community or easing relations with the international community, he said. “This U.S. government is relying on trying to push for a change in Iranian behavior by increasing engagement with Iran and easing relations with Iran, but Iran has no willingness to change.”
A native of Beijing, Xiyue Wang, who holds a Ph.D. in history from Princeton University, was returning to the United States on Aug. 8, 2016, from his research on “19th Century Persian Regional Dynasties” in the field in Iran when he was detained by Iranian authorities on espionage charges and sentenced in July 2017 to 10 years in Iran’s Evin Prison, where he was held for three years. Evin Prison (Iran) for three years. He was finally rescued by the Trump administration on Dec. 7, 2019.
Wang Xiyue said that at the time of his arrest, Marley was a senior Middle East adviser to the Obama administration, which was too busy signing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran to rescue him from his predicament.
Wang Xiyue tweeted at the end of January that Marley played no active role in his rescue, and that if Marley is appointed, it will mean that the American hostages held by Iran will not be a priority for the U.S. government.
Wang Xiyue believes this indicates that the Biden Administration will repeat the mistakes it has made before. He said, “The Biden administration needs to reverse their policy of appeasement toward Iran, because that policy doesn’t work.”
Canadian Intelligence Chief Rarely Accuses Beijing of Intimidating Chinese in Public
Reuters reports that China-Canada relations are at a standstill, with Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Director David Vigneault making a rare public statement on September that China’s attempts to steal secrets and intimidate the Chinese community pose a serious strategic threat to Canada.
Reuters reported that Vigneault said in an online forum that hostile actions by state actors seeking to steal information such as trade secrets and sensitive data pose a significant threat to Canada’s prosperity and sovereignty, and he specifically mentioned China.
He further stated that the Chinese government is pursuing a strategy of geopolitical advantage in all areas – economic, technological, political and military – and is using all national forces to engage in activities that directly threaten our national security and sovereignty.
The areas of biopharmaceuticals and healthcare, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, maritime technology and aerospace are among those most likely to face attacks from state-sponsored Hackers.
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