TRUMP ON CHINA • PUTTING AMERICA FIRST
Party has also used China’s membership on the UN Human Rights Council to prevent criticism of its abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong.[1]
The Chinese Communist Party’s reach extends to heads of international organizations who are not themselves Chinese officials. Under Beijing’s thumb, and at an unacceptable cost to human life, Director-General Tedros of the World Health Organization dutifully used Chinese talking points on the Wuhan virus.[2] As late as mid-January, he claimed there was no human-to-human transmission of the disease. He opposed international travel restrictions.[3] At the same time, Tedros praised China’s own domestic travel restrictions on Wuhan residents. In other words, they could travel overseas, but they could not travel and potentially take the virus to Beijing or Shanghai.[4] These Chinese Communist Party tactics in international organizations, as we have seen with the coronavirus, are a major cause of concern not just for the United States, but to the world.
The good news is that under President Trump’s leadership, we know what the Chinese Communist Party is doing, we are calling it out, and we are taking decisive action to counter it across the board.[5]
First, President Trump prevented certain companies that answer to the Chinese Communist Party’s intelligence and security apparatus—such as Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei—from accessing your
- ↑ Lindsay Maizland, “Is China Undermining Human Rights at the United Nations?” Council on Foreign Relations, July 9, 2019, https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/china-undermining-human-rights-united-nations
- ↑ Michael Collins, “The WHO and China: Dereliction of Duty,” Council on Foreign Relations, February 27, 2020, https://www.cfr.org/blog/who-and-china-dereliction-duty
- ↑ Stephanie Nebehay, “WHO Chief Says Widespread Travel Bans Not Needed to Beat China Virus,” Reuters, February 3, 2020, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/who-chief-says-widespread-travel-bans-not-needed-to-beat-china-virus-idUSKBN1ZX1H3
- ↑ Stephanie Yang, “Travel Barriers Rise as WHO Chief Praises Beijing’s Coronavirus Response,” Wall Street Journal, January 28, 2020, https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-chief-praises-beijings-coronavirus-response-as-travel-barriers-rise-11580227640
- ↑ White House, “United States Strategic Approach to the People’s Republic of China,” May 20, 2020, https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/U.S.-Strategic-Approach-to-The-Peoples-Republic-of-China-Report-5.20.20.pdf
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