One the eve of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping meeting Dec. 15 on Zoom to strategize about dealing with Western hostility, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fl.) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) hope to send the “Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act” to Prresident Joe Biden’s desk. Washington’s become so tone deaf WW III could start with the White House, U.S. Senate and House completely oblivious. Meeting tomorrow, Putin and Xi will plot strategy for Biden’s new hostile approach to foreign relations pushing the U.S., Russia and China to the brink. “We have been clear that we share Congress’ view that action must be take to hold the [Peoples Republic of China] accountable for its human rights abuses and to address forced labor in Xinjiang,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said, pushing U.S.-China and U.S.-Russian relations over the edge.
When you consider Xi and Putin are at the breaking point with U.S. relations, you’d think Psaki would have more awareness how her words make a bad situation worse. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), another oblivious one, promised “swift action,” not realizing that the “Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act,” contradicts the White House accusations that China has engaged in the systematic extermination of Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang Province. There’s a big difference between forced labor and “genocide,” something the Chinese Foreign Ministry has been saying for months. When 59-year-old Secretary of State Anton Blinken and 45-year-old National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met a senior Chinese delegation March 18 in Anchorage, Alaska, they both accused Beijing of “genocide” against Muslim Uyghurs. Blinkken and Sullivan had zero proof of genocide.
So now that a compromise House and Senate bill heads to Biden’s desk, he’ll put one more nail in the coffin of U.S-China relations. Chinese senior diplomat Yang Jiechi told Blinken and Sullivan that no nation that practices “systemic racism” has a right to lecture another country on human rights. Biden and Blinken have acknowledged that “systemic racism” against Black Americans, Native Americans and other ethnic minorities exist in America. Admitting to systemic racism opened up a can of worms to the U.S. that likes to get on its high horse when it comes to Russia and China. Biden and Blinken had the temerity to demand that Putin release 45-year-old Russian dissident Alexi Navalny from prison. Putin told Biden to mind his own business, when Biden had been accusing Russia of meddling in U.S. elections. Biden’s public remarks have inflamed U.S.-Russian and U.S.-Chinese relations.
Biden’s approach to foreign relations with Russia and China guarantees that the two superpowers will continue as implacable enemies. “We’ve already takeen action on the global stage in that regard, leading an effort at the G7, putting in place financial sanctions and Global Magnitsky visa restrictions, and I think that’s evidence of our commitment to this,” Psaki said. Psaki has driven U.S.-Russian and U.S.-China relations to lowest level since the Cold War. Unlike the Cold War, where it was clear that the battle focused on propaganda and disinformation, Psaki’s words push both nations to the point of war with the United States. No one in the EU or NATO wants a confrontation with China and Russia. Yet if you listen to Biden’s words, it’s clear that he doesn’t see how close the China and Russia have come to blows. Branding China “genocidal” has hurt U.S.-Chinese relations.
When the U.S. Congress pass a bill and sends it to the president for his signature, it’s far more serious that simply rhetorical accusations. Passing the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act takes insult to China to a new level. Rubio and McGovern want to hold the PRC accountable for China’s discriminatory practices against Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Rubio and McGovern’s bill bans all imports from the Northwest region of Xinjian, unless the U.S. government determines with “clear and convincing evidence” that products were not made with forced labor. Xi resents the U.S. accusations, refuting any suggestion that anyone in Xinjiang is abused by Beijing. Yet in passing the “Uyghur Force Labor Prevention Act,” the U.S. government thinks there’s factual accuracy to all the allegations about Muslim Uyghur genocide. Signing the act will only make U.S.-China relations all the more alienated.
No matter how watered down the final version of the “Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act,” it’s bound to burn all bridges with China. When Putin and Xi meet tomorrow on Zoom, they’ll no doubt come up with a strategy to neutralize U.S. aggression whether in Ukraine or Taiwan. White House officials have already admitted to China’s “campaign of mass detention, surveillance, forced labor and forced sterilization of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities,” burning all bridges for future relations. No one in Europe is willing to stick their necks out accusing China of “genocide” and other atrocities against Muslim Uyghurs.. China thought after former President Donald Trump they’d have an easy time with the Biden White House. With Biden’s arrogance on human rights, Russia and China have been in the cross hairs, accused by the White House of egregious abuses, whether true or not.
