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U.S. Lawmakers Intensify Bipartisan Efforts To Counter China by Cousin9999: 7:28pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-lawmakers-look-advance-sweeping-bid-counter-china-2021-04-21/ A bipartisan U.S. congressional push to counteract China picked up steam on Wednesday as a Senate committee overwhelmingly backed a bill pressing Beijing on human rights and economic competition, while other lawmakers introduced a measure seeking billions for technology research. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed the "Strategic Competition Act of 2021" by 21-1, sending the bill for consideration by the 100-member Senate, even as committee members voiced a need to do even more to counteract Beijing. The committee added dozens of amendments to the bill. One would force a boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics by U.S. officials, not athletes, which was also recommended by the U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom. read more Separately, a group of Senate and House of Representatives lawmakers introduced the "Endless Frontier Act," calling for $100 billion over five years for basic and advanced technology research and $10 billion to create new "technology hubs" across the country. read more Both bills have strong support from both political parties and are expected to become law. The desire for a hard line in dealings with China is one of the few truly bipartisan sentiments in the deeply divided U.S. Congress, which is narrowly controlled by President Joe Biden's fellow Democrats. The Biden administration supports the measures. "With this overwhelming bipartisan vote, the Strategic Competition Act becomes the first of what we hope will be a cascade of legislative activity for our nation to finally meet the China challenge across every dimension of power, political, diplomatic, economic, innovation, military and even cultural," said Senator Bob Menendez, the Democratic chairman of the Senate panel. He and Senator Jim Risch, the panel's top Republican, wrote the "Strategic Competition" measure together, with Risch saying it was "truly bipartisan." The legislation was greeted with anger in Beijing. "It distorts facts and confuses right and wrong," said Wang Wenbin, a spokesman at the Chinese foreign ministry. "It hypes up the China threat theory and talks about full strategic competition with China. It grossly interferes with China's affairs and reeks of Cold War and zero sum mentalities." HUMAN RIGHTS AND MILITARY SPENDING The 280-page Senate bill addresses competition with China through efforts such as increasing international development funding and working with allied countries and international organizations. It pushes humanitarian and democratic values, like imposing sanctions over the treatment of the minority Muslim Uighurs and supporting democracy in Hong Kong. L1N2M113C The bill stresses the need to "prioritize the military investments necessary to achieve United States political objectives in the Indo-Pacific." It backs steep increases in security-related funding for the region and closer ties with Taiwan. It would expand the scope of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which scrutinizes financial transactions for potential national security risks. U.S. universities are concerned about a provision of the bill requiring CFIUS to review some Chinese grants and contracts. The Strategic Competition and Endless Frontier acts are part of a fast-track effort announced in February by Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to pass a wide range of legislation to counter China. Schumer is a lead sponsor of the Endless Frontier bill. read more Foreign Relations committee members said they want to do more. "I don't believe anyone would think that this legislation is going to change China's march toward a global hegemony of autocracy and repression," Republican Senator Mitt Romney said. "...I would suggest we have a lot more work to do." |
Re: U.S. Lawmakers Intensify Bipartisan Efforts To Counter China by dermmy(m): 8:45pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
Hypocrisy is when you haven't addressed your own human right issues but you keep exerting pressure on another country over its human right record. 3 Likes |
Re: U.S. Lawmakers Intensify Bipartisan Efforts To Counter China by Nobody: 9:05pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
Well the Americans are proactive. the dread a world dominated by Chinese power. Imagine knowing that little China ystday became big China and this with a billion people. Wat a world and dread for the Anglo world. No more hegemony, no more threats, no more sanctions - if u want war u get it ![]() |
Re: U.S. Lawmakers Intensify Bipartisan Efforts To Counter China by igbesachick: 8:41am On May 07, 2021 |
Cousin9999: Republican Senator Mitt Romney said. "...I would suggest we have a lot more work to do. sure, she and other americans have lot more to do. to learn chinese language, if they want to compete with chinese. 2022 winter olympic is not for african, but you can still be cheerleaders |
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