China’s state-affiliated media have publicly rooted for a Joe Biden victory in November, prompting warnings by U.S. intelligence officials about Beijing’s plan to interfere in the upcoming elections for him.
But unlike Russian mediation in 2016, a new article published on the website of the China state-run tabloid Global Times that Biden considered “smoother dealing with” as President Trump did not get much attention in the American, conservative commentator Ben Shapiro observed Thursday.
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“It seems like it should be a big story that Chinese media are openly pressuring Biden, and that intelligence suggests that the Chinese government wants to be interested in the election on behalf of China,” he said. Shapiro wrote on Twitter. “But Orange Man Bad, I obviously do not think so.”
The article claims that “Many Chinese analysts predict that China will have to deal with Biden for at least the next four years,” citing foreign policy experts who say the consensus is being shared “around the world.”
“For China, because Biden was vice president during Obama’s term, and had a lot of prior experience dealing with Chinese leaders, we would expect to facilitate more effective communication with Biden if he wins,” he said. the author.
Earlier this week, National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe told Fox News that China “poses a greater national security threat” to the United States “than any other nation,” warning of “election influence and interference.”
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While Russia was widely seen as favoring now-president Trump and seeking to sow general chaos in America in the 2016 campaign, China seems to have the ultimate goal of a Trump loss in November. However, Congress Democrats such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who have issued strong warnings about Russian mediation since 2016, have not been very vocal about China’s potential for interest in the 2020 elections. .
Pelosi, D-Caliph., Said last week that the threats of interference from Russia and China are “not equal”, while urging the intelligence community to provide more information on Russian efforts and claim that Moscow is “actively interfering 24/7 in our country”. election. “
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Ratcliffe said the threat from China is actually significant, and he has “started the IC [intelligence commuity] resources needed to fully understand China’s threat and to provide American policymakers with the best intelligence to counter China’s broad and deep malignant activities. ”
Fox News’ Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
