Secretary of State says US is closely watching Beijing's 'Communist Party aggression'. FMTNews
Mike Pompeo also renews his call on Europeans to shun Chinese telecom giant Huawei.
There is “no way to straddle these alternatives without abandoning who we are. Democracies dependent on authoritarians are not worthy of the name,” Pompeo told a forum in Denmark by videoconference. “America is engaging in a response to Chinese Communist Party aggression in a way that America has not done for the past 20 years,” Pompeo told the Copenhagen Democracy Summit, referring to President Donald Trump’s administration.
China – as well as Trump’s domestic critics – say that the US administration has been looking for scapegoats to deflect from its own handling of Covid-19, which has killed far more people in the United States than in any other country. Activists say China has launched a massive brainwashing campaign to homogenise minorities; Beijing contends it is offering vocational training to discourage Islamic radicalism.
The Europeans have had a mixed reaction to US appeals for a tougher stance, refusing a complete ban on Huawei – which has taken the lead in building fifth-generation technology.
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