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| Blinken: The US doesn't have 'the luxury of not dealing with China' |
| 2021-05-03 |
| [The Hill] Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday expressed optimism about the United States' ability to stand up to China as it works to grow its influence and become the world's dominant power. In a wide-ranging interview with "60 Minutes" that aired on Sunday, Blinken told CBS’s Norah O’Donnell that the U.S. does not have "the luxury of not dealing with China." "There are real complexities to the relationship, whether it's the adversarial piece, whether it's the competitive piece, whether it's the cooperative piece," Blinken said. Blinken said China is the "one country in the world that has the military, economic, diplomatic capacity to undermine or challenge" the rules-based international order, which is the written and unwritten code that determines how nations deal with each other. He stressed that the U.S. is not trying to "contain China," but instead "uphold this ruled-based order." "Anyone who poses a challenge to that order, we're going to stand up and-- and defend it," he added. Blinken did say, however, when asked by O’Donnell, that he has never seen China as assertive or aggressive militarily as it is now. He said the country is "acting more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad." The secretary of state also said it is "profoundly against the interests" of both China and the U.S. to get to the point of military confrontation, or "even to head in that direction." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 "uphold this ruled-based order" You mean the one that China trashes at every opportunity? |
| Posted by: Spike Snese6193 2021-05-03 13:38 |
| #7 What he said: Abu |
| Posted by: warthogswife 2021-05-03 13:01 |
| #6 Bullshit! You cannot "uphold a rule-based order" with communists. The only rule they respect comes from the barrel of a gun. The only "complexity" in the relationship is corruption. The only sensible way to deal with China is the same way Reagan did with the Soviet Union. If Blinken wasn't corrupt he'd be saying that and if Norah O'Donnell wasn't corrupt she'd call him on it. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-05-03 12:55 |
| #5 He said the country is "acting more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad." Pardon me, which one? |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2021-05-03 09:29 |
| #4 The U.S. does not have the luxury of not dealing with China. The "how" policies are important. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2021-05-03 09:18 |
| #3 ..that would be "flying cargo plane full of rubber dog s**t out of Hong Kong" |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-05-03 08:53 |
| #2 Not as long as the US and Europe each are gutting their industrial base and sending the ChiComs $400 billion/year each for the equivalent of cheap Commie plastic dog shit. |
| Posted by: Sneart Thromonter8301 2021-05-03 07:53 |
| #1 Blinken comment blamed for onslaught of noxious Henry Kissenger squirters. Tech oligarchs enraged as well. Search for new Foggy Bottom head likely to begin soon. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-05-03 01:39 |