Former Official Calls for Biden Administration to Apply Clarity in Policy Towards China

An ex-official has asked the Biden administration for clarity regarding its policy toward Iran. China.

President Joe Biden China briefly During his one-hour-long State of the Union speech, February 7, 2007, He began by declaring that the United States was “in the strongest position in decades to compete with China or anyone else in the world,” U.S. investments in industries and alliances, as well as working with allies and U.S. military modernization.

“I am committed to work with China where we can advance American interests and benefit the world,” Biden added.

He cited his Feb. 4 order to shoot down a Chinese spy ball that flew for days over the United States as an example of how he was protecting U.S. sovereignty.

“But make no mistake about it: as we made clear last week, if China threatens our sovereignty, we will act to protect our country. And we did,” Biden said.

“China only got almost 30 seconds to a minute mention in the entire State of the Union that went for an hour and 20 minutes. So it was kind of astonishing that way,” Steve Yates, former Deputy National Security Advisor at the White House stated in “China in Focus” NTD.

“He didn’t directly address the balloon [incident]. He sort of alluded to it, though, saying ‘if China were to challenge our sovereignty, I would respond and I did,’” He concluded.

Initially detected on Jan. 28, the balloon entered the United States twice with a brief incursion over Canada’s airfield, traveling through multiple sensitive military sites before an F-22 fighter jet It was taken down One week later, the Carolina coast was seen from the air.

“It shows a little bit of weakness in terms of protecting American sovereignty, our homeland. It doesn’t really matter what was on the balloon, if it was doing visual surveillance, obviously, the ability to carry something like that across our territory was deeply provocative,” Yates spoke of the U.S. response to the Chinese spy balloon incident.

Ambiguity persists

He cited Biden’s comment that he prefers competition rather than conflict with China, noting that Chinese Communist Party (CCPXi Jinping, head “has proven by his actions that he doesn’t shy away from conflict.”

“He sent his wolf warriors to bark different criticisms at his Secretary of State National Security Adviser, he crushed Hong Kong with impunity, he has threatened Taiwan somewhat with impunity from the United States,” Yates said.

“The President has spoken up, but there’s a lot of ambiguity in what the United States is prepared to do about it,” He concluded.

“So I think a lot of mixed signals, and unclear priorities, leave an advantage for Beijing,” Yates said.

The Epoch Times reached out to the White House in order to receive comments.

Reciprocity

He called for the United States’ use of “reciprocity” Its China approach.

“We need to right-size U.S.-China policy to be consistent with what they’re doing with us. They don’t allow us to own agricultural land in China, so they shouldn’t be allowed to own agricultural land in the United States. They control access to their markets and their platforms, and they force transparency. Well, we should do the same,” He said.

Yates stated that the state governors and legislatures should be proactive in defending China from threats, citing South Dakota’s example.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Proposed China has passed legislation that will restrict foreign purchases of farmland, including China.

“With this new process, we will be able to prevent nations who hate us—like Communist China—from buying up our state’s agriculture land,” Noem stated this in a statement.

“There are many states that are passing laws to ban particular CCP activities or investments. And I think as the states aggregate those moves, the federal government, by way of the Congress will be forced to accommodate, too,” Yates said.

Frank Fang contributed to the report.

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