On the Biden-Xi call: CCP strategy clear. Steer U.S. back to dialogue for dialogue's sake. When you hear "economic & trade issues...should not be politicized," that ="ignore our influence ops in your country, trade transgressions, & military aggression and just make $." 1/x
CCP propagandists are not "journalists." They are subject to Party diktats. They do not = a reporter from the Western free press. Any deal that allows CCP propagandists more access to the U.S. is not in our national interest. 2/x
Clear example of China influence ops within our borders here: reuters.com/business/exclu…. Fits with the strategy to encourage U.S. CEOs and policymakers to focus on making $, and ignore Beijing's actual behavior. 3/x
Note the conflation of CCP propagandists with the Western free press here, in the Party paper's account of the Biden-Xi call: chinadaily.com.cn/a/202111/16/WS… 4/x
Chinese Communist Party leaders have taken the measure of Biden & concluded he's weak. See this reference to "softening rhetoric": globaltimes.cn/page/202111/12… 100% correct. Biden team refuses to use realist language like "Communist" China, "General Secretary" Xi Jinping," etc. 5/x
Final observation on Biden-Xi call: It's no accident that Xi called Biden "old friend." CCP rhetoric carefully crafted. After litany of high-level meetings where CCP officials berated U.S. counterparts (Blinken, Sullivan, Kerry), Xi knows he can patronize & not give an inch. 6/6
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