Published 11:50 IST, September 5th 2020
US Security Adviser: ‘Biggest failure of our foreign policy is how we've dealt with China’
US NSA Robert O'Brien said that the manner in which successive administrations have health with China is the biggest foreign policy failure of the country.
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United State’s National Security visor, Robert O’Brien reportedly said that manner in which successive ministrations have health with China is biggest foreign policy failure of country. While asserting that US President Donald Trump has taken steps and stoop up to Beijing to reverse course, O’Brien pointed out how China became richer and how it bullied its neighbouring countries and its own people. US officials accused Beijing of ‘malign’ activities and even ted ft by Chinese of intellectual property.
While speaking at a White House news conference, O’Brien said, “re was this mantra that somehow as China became richer, as we turned a blind eye to Chinese malign activity with y stealing our IP or engaging in unfair tre practices or bullying its neighbours, bullying its own people at Tiananmen Square, if we would turn or cheek, turn a blind eye that China would become richer. As it became richer and middle class in China grew, y'd become more like us”.
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O’Brien said that China’s human rights violation have gotten worse over years. He ted that wher its leer or religious mirities or neighbours, people who enjoy democracy in Hong Kong until just recently, bullying of Taiwan, world has seen ‘very malign Chinese activity’. He went on to point out that director of FBI also recently called ‘greatest death transfer’ in human history was ft by Chinese of US’ intellectual property.
security viser said, “People who've built companies, who've done everything y can to create an idea and turn an idea into reality. And n what happens? That idea gets stolen by China. It's t just that y've lost ecomic value of ir invation or of ir method of doing business, Chinese have taken it sometimes using slave labour but using cheaper labour, often manufactured of products that compete at a lower price and n put original person who invented techlogy out of business and n kills industry from United States and whole industries go to China. Whole manufacturing plants go to China”.
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Furrmore, he informed that FBI director Christopher Wray is opening a new espion case against Chinese every 10 hours. O’Brien furr went on to say to Trump stood up to Chinese and for first time in 40 years, he put tariffs on Beijing. He said that US h a phase one tre deal that partially dressed some of unfair tre practices and was a huge step in right direction.
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US’ strong actions against China
United States is investing in defence and taking strong action on diplomatic front against Chinese. O’Brien said that country has a peace through strength foreign policy that h been missing for so many years. security viser said that country is taking strong action on tre front and protecting intellectual property. He also ted that US is also taking strong action and have massive sections on Chinese for first time because of treatment of Uighurs or ir treatment of democrats in Hong Kong.
O’Brien concluded by saying, “I think at end of day, our allies are going to follow us, what you've seen happening with 5G and Huawei and we're seeing many, many countries, including our closest allies turning away from Chinese, turning away from Huawei and going with trusted providers on 5G”.
He ded, “So I think at end of day, America is going to prevail. I think trump President Trump's vision of free markets and free women and freed men is an attractive mess t just to our allies but even to people within China. It's a heck of a challenge, but I'm convinced that under President Trump's leership, American people are up to challenge”.
(With PTI inputs)
(Im: @ChanelRion/Twitter)
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11:51 IST, September 5th 2020