Looking forward to @SecBlinken’s speech today on US policy & posture toward #China. Led by the Communist Party & propelled by Xi Jinping’s hyper-nationalism, the PRC presents challenges unlike any we have ever faced.
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There should be NO doubt from either side of the aisle that #strategiccompetition is the right framework to guide our nation’s relationship with #China.
Not because this is what we want, but because of the choices Beijing is making.
Not because this is what we want, but because of the choices Beijing is making.
China today poses a direct challenge to the US & is a destabilizing threat to the international community across every dimension: political, economic, social, diplomatic, innovative, military...
& with an alternative & deeply disturbing model for the future world order.
& with an alternative & deeply disturbing model for the future world order.
We must be clear-eyed about Beijing’s intentions & actions, & calibrate our strategy accordingly.
This means unflinching support for human rights defenders, democracy activists, & civil society organizations on frontlines of the struggle for good governance & the rule of law.
This means unflinching support for human rights defenders, democracy activists, & civil society organizations on frontlines of the struggle for good governance & the rule of law.
Now is the time - before it is too late.
We must mobilize all US strategic, economic, & diplomatic tools for an Indo-Pacific strategy that allows us to truly confront the challenges China poses to our national & economic security. We must also engage economically in the region.
We must mobilize all US strategic, economic, & diplomatic tools for an Indo-Pacific strategy that allows us to truly confront the challenges China poses to our national & economic security. We must also engage economically in the region.
How?
1. Revitalize US leadership on the world stage
2. Restore our alliances & partnerships
3. Invest at home to sharpen our competitive edge
4.Respond to predatory economic practices
5. & above all else, ground US diplomacy in our core values & highest aspirations as a nation.
1. Revitalize US leadership on the world stage
2. Restore our alliances & partnerships
3. Invest at home to sharpen our competitive edge
4.Respond to predatory economic practices
5. & above all else, ground US diplomacy in our core values & highest aspirations as a nation.
It is also crucial that we work combat all forms of digital authoritarianism — including misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, & censorship—used to subvert democratic principles & advance autocrats’ malign interests.
We've watched Ukraine risk everything to defend freedom. What are we willing to do to ensure credible deterrence for #Taiwan? To protect rights of Hong Kongers, Uyghurs & Tibetans? To confront China's malign global influence? Look forward to @SecBlinken thoughts on these issues.
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