Guest Keith Peterson in dailyherald: Sen. Duckworth explains why U.S. engagement with all of Asia is important to our relationship with China.
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth visited the Chicago Council on Global Affairs last Friday to discuss Indo-Pacific security and, of course, most of the discussion revolved around China.
The senator always refers to the PRC -- People's Republic of China -- and not China because she wants to distinguish between the government and the Chinese people, who, she notes, are among the most repressed people in the world. She also does not want to stoke anti-Asian sentiments here. by signing up you agree to our terms of service Duckworth gave the example of the Chicago-based company Radio Flyer that has made the"little red wagon" for more than a century. In 2004 it closed its Chicago factory and moved manufacturing to China, handled by a South Korean company. Radio Flyer has tried moving some manufacturing to another country such as Vietnam but the problem is there is not a complete ecosystem.
She sees Taiwan, where she has visited, through the lens of Ukraine. The issues at the heart of the matter are the same -- sovereignty, the rule of law and international order. She believes we can aid Taiwan in ways that will not provoke the PRC. For example, the National Guard forces in every state train with a different country. Illinois Guard personnel have trained with Polish troops for 30 years.
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