Pompeo launches scathing attack on China, wants nations to 'pressurise' Communist Party

Amid heightened tensions between United States and China, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday, July 23 said that 'distrust and verify' will be new US policy when it comes to Asian power. Pompeo also called on international coalition of  nations to “pressurise” China in a more creative and assertive manner.  

In his address at Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, California, Pompeo said, " only way to truly change communist China is to act on basis of what its leaders do, t what y say. When it comes to CCP (Chinese Communist Party), I say, 'distrust and verify'.”

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Calling Chinese actions as a threat to world, Pompeo furr stressed that “ free nations” of world, must induce a change in CCP's ways as its actions threaten global prosperity. Pompeo warned, “If free world does t change communist China, n communist China will change us.” 

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Blind engment with China won't work

Accusing China of “misguiding” nations, Mike Pompeo said that past practices and old paradigm of blind engment with China would t work in  21st century’s free world.

US Secretary of State launched an attack on China’s President saying, "It’s t Chinese century President Xi Jinping dreams of" while adding that trading with China was t like “trading with a rmal and law-abiding nation.”

Pompeo criticised China's aspirations of global dominance with respect to international trade and mentioned subject of alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang, He claimed that Chinese companies wittingly or unwittingly support Communist Party's gross human rights abuses while adding that US authorities have blacklisted several Chinese companies on grounds of various concerns, including national security.  

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