{"id":153117,"date":"2021-01-13T03:54:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T00:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/can-joe-biden-stand-up-the-chinese-communist-party\/"},"modified":"2021-01-13T03:54:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T00:54:31","slug":"can-joe-biden-stand-up-the-chinese-communist-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-joe-biden-stand-up-the-chinese-communist-party\/","title":{"rendered":"#Can Joe Biden stand up the Chinese Communist Party?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Can Joe Biden stand up the Chinese Communist Party?<\/strong>”
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Running for president has already cost Joe Biden at least one friend. Back in the Obama era, Biden spent dozens of hours with China\u2019s president, Xi Jinping. On one occasion, they ate noodles at a Beijing restaurant with Biden\u2019s granddaughter, and Xi once called Biden an \u201cold friend.\u201d As recently as May 2019 Biden \u00adinsisted that China\u2019s Communist leaders are \u201cnot bad folks.\u201d<\/p>\n

But a lot can change in a couple of years. In an attempt to show his toughness on China, Biden started describing Xi as \u201ca thug who, in fact, has a million Uighurs in .\u2009.\u2009. concentration camps.\u201d As president, Biden says he will bring together \u201ca united front of friends and partners to challenge China\u2019s abusive behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n

But in reality, is the president-elect still too soft on Beijing to confront Xi? Could he prove critics wrong?<\/p>\n

There is no shortage of possible \u201cfriends and partners.\u201d China\u2019s neighbors, like Taiwan, Japan and India, are alarmed by Beijing\u2019s growing military assertiveness. And in countries like Myanmar, where China is building roads, pipelines and power stations, there has been popular backlash against what locals see as an infringement of national sovereignty.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s diplomacy is also raising hackles. Take Australia, where Beijing has poured money into influencing the country\u2019s elites, via everything from trade deals to think tanks. In the last couple of years, the mood has suddenly shifted: Australia has tightened security rules on foreign investment and boosted defense spending in the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n

When the Aussie government called for an international inquiry into the origins of the novel coronavirus, China\u2019s foreign ministry described it as \u201cshocking,\u201d since Australia was \u201csupposed to be a good friend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Britain has seen a similarly swift transformation. Five years ago, London was Europe\u2019s biggest advocate for engaging with Beijing. But last year, Boris Johnson\u2019s administration put up new barriers to Chinese investment, citing security concerns.<\/p>\n

At the United Nations, meanwhile, Xi had managed to stifle criticism \u2014 until last October, when 39 countries joined a declaration against Beijing\u2019s rights violations. China\u2019s record has always been app<\/a>alling, but in the last year it has become unignorable: You can\u2019t forget pictures of millions of Hong Kong citizens protesting \u2014 followed by the mass arrests of opposition figures. Nor the unspeakable footage of Uighur Muslims being loaded, blindfolded and shackled, onto trains.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s before the COVID-19 coverups. Even in relatively China-friendly regions, such as Latin America, there has been public anger at Xi\u2019s party for its role in the pandemic. A Pew survey found that \u201cunfavorable opinion\u201d of China \u201chas soared over the past year,\u201d from Canada to the Netherlands to South Korea.<\/p>\n

In theory, then, Biden should be able to build his \u201cunited front.\u201d In practice, it will be more difficult. Last month, the European Union ignored warnings from US officials, including a senior Biden adviser, and signed a trade agreement with China. (Xi gleefully described it as a deal between \u201cthe world\u2019s two leading powers.\u201d) EU leaders may view China as a dangerous rival, but in the end, they needed the business opportunities, even if it means alienating Washington and keeping mum about Xi\u2019s atrocities.<\/p>\n

When it comes to China\u2019s trade practices, then, Biden may find that his \u201cfriends and partners\u201d evaporate. He might have more success by just enforcing Trump\u2019s \u201cphase one\u201d trade deal. The outgoing trade representative, Robert Lighthizer, argues that America is in a strong position to \u201chold [China\u2019s] feet to the fire\u201d on its pledges over fair practices and purchase commitments.<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s \u201cunited front\u201d will be more achievable on security, where he is expected to quietly shore up existing alliances, such as \u201cthe Quad,\u201d an informal partnership with India, Japan and Australia, and the \u201cFive Eyes\u201d intelligence-sharing network.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s on human rights that there is most obviously an opening for international cooperation. China has pledged to respect Hong Kong\u2019s autonomy. Biden could lead the pressure for that promise to be kept \u2014 perhaps by coordinated international sanctions on Chinese officials.<\/p>\n

He could also push Congress to legislate against supply chains linked to the Uighur internment camps. And since Beijing will veto any attempt by international courts to investigate the camps, Biden could empower US courts to give a ruling.<\/p>\n

That would be a drastic move. But if the president-elect really believes what he says \u2014 that his onetime friend is supervising a \u201cgenocide\u201d \u2014 it\u2019s hard to see how he could do anything less.<\/p>\n

Dan Hitchens writes from London. Twitter<\/a>: @DDHitchens<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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