US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pointed to a tightening of the Triumph administration’s position on China’s increasing depredations vis-à-vis India on two occasions, even when Washington and Beijing instituted new measures to restrict the activity of other diplomats and officials; and the United States broadened the scope of its concerns to the issue of Tibet.
“We look forward to a peaceful resolution to the situation on the China-India border … the Chinese Communist Party is engaged in a clear and intensive pattern of intimidating its neighbors,” Pompeo said at a State Department briefing, at the time. who expressed concern about the Chinese calling to “sinize” Tibetan Buddhism and asking Beijing to enter into a dialogue with the Dalai Lama.
On the other hand, Pompeo told Fox News that “the whole world is beginning to unite around the central understanding that the Chinese Communist Party will simply refuse to compete fairly, reciprocally and transparently,” as the report from India defended. who sent a warship to the South China Sea.
“So whether it’s our friends in India, our friends in Australia, our friends in Japan or South KoreaI think everyone has come to see the risk to their own people, to their own countries, and you will see them partner with the United States to push back (China) on all fronts that we have talked about tonight. “Pompeo said in reference to India’s rejection of China’s maritime assertiveness.
The US coup came even as Washington instituted new requirements for Chinese diplomats holding meetings and events in the United States in what it suggested was reciprocal action against the downsizing of US diplomats in China facing constant barriers to their work. . Also among the US targets are the Chinese Confucius Institute’s cultural centers on US college campuses, which Washington now views with suspicion.
“I think the whole world is getting to see the risk associated with them,” Pompeo said, revealing that the United States will close them before the end of the year. He has also indicated that President Trump may take further steps to restrict Chinese students and scholars who come to the United States to spy.
Pompeo joined the Trump administration’s growing mistrust of China by former US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley, who said at a US-India event that Beijing had taken on a “naive” America and its leaders during the last decades, and Washington. Through his solid Indo-Pacific strategy, he is now learning who his true friends are.
Speaking at the 3rd India-US Leadership Summit Hosted virtually by the US Indian Partnership and Strategic Forum (USISPF), Haley said Tuesday that Americans know that Indians are not a threat to them and as such it is time for Indians to share. your success. history.
“Through this India-Pacific strategy, in the future, the United States is learning who its true friends are. When you find out, yes, it is India. But now the Indians must go and show more who they are,” he said, explaining That Indians should stop being shy and talk more about their successes and achievements. “Americans do not feel threatened by indigenous people and they realize that indigenous people improve our country,” he added.
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