[NTDTV, Beijing, April 27, 2022]U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on April 26, local time, that he will deliver a national security policy speech in the coming weeks in response to the Chinese Communist Party’s influence on the global order. threaten. The Chinese Communist Party is paying the price for its actions, he said.
Blinken was invited to participate in the “Review of the State Department’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2023” hearing held by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the same day, and delivered the above speech.
At the hearing, lawmakers from both parties generally agreed that the CCP is the greatest long-term geopolitical threat to the United States in the 21st century.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-MD, a Democrat from Maryland, said at the hearing that since the beginning of the Ukrainian war, the performance of the CCP has worried European countries, and the United States has been dealing with the issue of the CCP. , should seek further cooperation with the EU and other allies.
Republican Senator Mitt Romney noted that the latest National Defense Authorization Act requires the president to develop a comprehensive strategy to address the threat posed by China to the global order.
In response, Blinken said, “China is taking a wait-and-see attitude and paying a reputational price for Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, not to mention that they are leaning toward Russia, which is a factor they have to consider.” “I think the CCP has seen this in their relationships with other countries, especially in Europe,” Lincoln said.
After Russia invaded Ukraine, experts generally believed that China was preparing to attack Taiwan. At the hearing that day, lawmakers from both parties also expressed concerns about Taiwan’s security issues.
Sen. Jim Risch, R-ID, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said, “Our security assistance to Ukraine is too late to make the same mistake with Taiwan.”
“On Taiwan, we are determined to ensure that Taiwan has all the means necessary to protect itself from any potential aggression, including unilateral actions by China to undermine the status quo that has existed for decades,” Blinken said.
On the issue of chip technology, Bucongken also responded to suggestions made by lawmakers. He said that a few countries such as Taiwan have the most advanced chip manufacturing technology. The United States is working with Taiwan, Japan, the Netherlands and a few other countries to ensure that the most advanced chips and production capacity will not fall into the hands of the CCP. Missing partners.
Shortly after taking office in January last year, the Biden administration promised to introduce a new overall strategy for China policy, but more than a year later, the strategy has not yet been released.
Blinken said he would deliver a national security policy speech soon, “I think I’ll have the opportunity to speak publicly on this strategy very soon, in the next few weeks, and provide some details.”
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