Bipartisan Senate Group Proposes China Commission to Confront Threats from CCP

Sens. Angus King (I-Maine), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) are seeking to introduce legislation for a China Grand Strategy Commission (China Commission) tasked with developing a comprehensive whole-of-government approach to address the threat the communist regime in Beijing poses to the U.S. economy, security, and foreign relations.

According to a press release on Sept. 30, a group of 15 senators proposed the China Commission to develop recommendations for the next two years as an amendment to the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act.

“We simply cannot afford an ad hoc China policy that lacks a long-term strategy,” King said in the statement.

Accounting for Communist China

“The world is undergoing a period of significant change: economies are shifting, alliances are changing, and national security threats are rapidly evolving. At almost every turn, the United States is facing new challenges from an increasingly aggressive China,” King said in the statement.

According to the release, the China Commission would include 18 members from the executive and legislative branches as well as business representatives.

The mission is to “make actionable recommendations to develop a grand strategy across the entire government,” King said, aimed at protecting and strengthening U.S. national security interests.

The statement listed the need to develop strategies for: “Ensuring a holistic approach toward the People’s Republic of China across all federal departments and agencies; Defining specific steps necessary to build a stable international order that accounts for the People’s Republic of China participation in that order; Providing actionable recommendations with respect to the United States’ relationship with the People’s Republic of China.”

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “China’s Non-Traditional Espionage Against the United States: The Threat and Potential Policy Responses” in Washington on Dec. 12, 2018. (Jennifer Zeng/The Epoch Times) Liberalism or Socialism

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