The Biden administration's policy is play friendly with china Experts told Fox News Digital that few real gains have been made and the US has failed to take advantage of the few concessions it has gained.
“The only thing we have is time,” explained Gordon Chan, a senior fellow and China expert at Gatestone Institute. “The United States is not prepared to defend itself and its allies and partners. By placating China, we bought ourselves some time.”
“Biden bought time, but the Pentagon didn't do anything. We wasted time because we didn't do as much as we needed to. . . . Other than that, we don't get much.” I don’t think there was anything.”
“Clearly, the United States can no longer deter China as it once did, and it is time to change the policies that have worked in the past, but are no longer sufficient in today's climate.”
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On November 14, 2022, President Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo)
President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first face-to-face meeting since Biden took office in 2022 while attending the G20 summit in Indonesia. Mr. Xi visited the United States last year for the first time since 2018, meeting with Mr. Biden in San Francisco on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting.
Mr. Xi and Mr. Biden agreed to military-to-military communications and agreed to aggressively address the manufacturing and distribution of fentanyl, which is produced primarily in China and Mexico. Nearly all the “precursor chemicals” needed to make fentanyl are produced in China, according to the Associated Press.
Last week, Biden's chief of staff Jake Sullivan spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos about the administration's progress with China.
“The United States competes with China on many fronts and makes no bones about it. But we do not want confrontation or conflict, and we are using diplomacy to reduce the risk of miscalculation. “We are looking to strengthen and responsibly manage that competition.” Sullivan said.
Sullivan also highlighted the recent summit between the two leaders and noted the resumption of communications between the militaries, saying the move is “not only good for our relationship, but good for regional and global stability.” “This will help reduce the risk of unintended conflicts.”
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos on January 16, 2024. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)
But critics like Chan have major criticism of the Biden administration for its inaction on the high number of deaths caused by the coronavirus and fentanyl, both of which originated in China. More than 1.1 million Americans have died from the pandemic, and more than 73,000 Americans died from fentanyl overdose in 2022, according to figures released in April 2023.
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“To me, it's incomprehensible to allow this to happen, but we have allowed so many Americans to be killed,” Chan said.
Critics and analysts were also expecting stronger action from Mr. Biden after a tumultuous year for China-US relations. The United States caught China sending spy planes into U.S. sovereign airspace, and China stepped up its incursions into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).
In this photo provided by Chad Fish, a large balloon floats over the Atlantic Ocean just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail visible below on February 4, 2023. (Chad Fish, via AP)
Instead, the Biden administration has spent its time ramping up military exercises with regional allies and strengthening relationships with partners such as Australia, Singapore, South Korea and Japan.
Japan agreed to buy 400 American-made long-range Tomahawk missiles this week, a day after holding large-scale naval exercises with the United States and South Korea in a show of force against North Korea. But China would have taken note of these demonstrations.
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Matt McInnis, a senior fellow in the China Program at the Institute for the Study of War, told Fox News Digital that he hesitates to call the Biden administration's all-out approach to China a policy of appeasement, but that the White House is “not showing undue concern.” “There is,” he claimed. About provoking China. ”
“Although the Biden administration has continued much of the Trump administration's China policy and has indeed taken strong steps in many areas with China, an inherent fear of provocation has left us particularly vulnerable this year. I think it's encouraging some kind of concession.'' That's going to be harmful. ”
On July 26, 2022, the Taiwanese Navy fires a U.S.-made standard missile from a frigate during the annual Hanguang exercise at sea near Su'ao Naval Port in Yilan County. (Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images)
In addition to the sniffer balloon incident and the lack of a serious US response, the US has been unable to persuade China to rein in North Korea. North Korea continues to increase its show of force as the reclusive leader Kim Jong-un seeks to establish a state. his country as a legitimate world power.
Mr. Chan argued that soft dealings with China are allowing the international system to collapse because “bad actors feel they can do whatever they want.” He cited the escalating tensions between Iran and Pakistan last week as an example.
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Chan criticized the Biden administration's policy of “strategic ambiguity,” which an administration spokesperson cited among various responses regarding the U.S. approach to China.
Due to “strategic ambiguity,” the United States has demonstrated clear support for the “One China Policy” and support for Taiwan's independence, even as the Pentagon continues to arm Taiwan and prepare for possible invasion. It oscillates between needing the opposite.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Brazil's Luiz Inácio pose for a photo with delegates on the closing day of the BRICS Summit held at the Sandton Convention Center in the Sandton district of Johannesburg on August 24, 2023. President Lula da Silva and Chinese President Xi Jinping. South Africa. (Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
Both China and North Korea provide backdoor support to Russia, with North Korea providing basic weapons in order to obtain more advanced weapons from Moscow. China reiterated its support for Russia following the failed revolt of the Wagner mercenaries against the Russian Ministry of Defense over disagreements over developments in the situation in Ukraine.
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China is also only emboldening Iran, which continues to advance its proxy forces in the Middle East and finance attacks against American military assets and allies in the region.
The Iranian-backed Houthis are doubling down on attacks on international commercial shipping in the Red Sea, while China seeks to incorporate Iran into the BRICS economic bloc and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
“The more we limit ourselves, the more we create new norms that China can exploit and pressure us from,” McInnis said. “We end up discouraging ourselves and not getting much in return for it.”
