Telling the U.S. to mind its own business, the Peoples Republic of China [PRC] lashed out at the Biden White House for threatening Beijing with unspecified sanctions should the PRC supply Russia with military equipment to fight its war with Ukraine and the West. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, 60, told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Li on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference that there would be consequences for supplying Russia with military assistance in the Ukraine War. Blinken wouldn’t say what the U.S. would do in the event that China supplied Russia with military support to help wage the Ukraine War. Since taking his position Jan. 26, 2021, Blinken has done nothing but insult and threaten China, adding to his recent threats, warning Beijing about supporting Russia. Blinken threatens China with unspecified sanctions if they help Russia militarily.
Blinken went public at the Munich Security Conference with intel saying that Beijing has been supplying Russia with military equipment and intends to up the ante with weapons and ammunition. “The concern that we have now is, based on information we have, that they’re considering providing lethal support, and we’ve made very clear to them that that would cause a serious problem for us in our relationship,” Blinken said. When Blinken was questioned what kind of aid, he said weapons. But whatever intel Blinken has, threatening China with unspecified sanctions aiding Russia with military help is outrageous. What does Blinken think is going to happen when he and 80-year-old President Joe Biden have done everything to alienate China? Biden threatened to send U.S. troops to defend Taiwan Sept. 23, 2022 violating the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, infuriating Beijing.
Biden and Blinken accused Beijing from Day One of committing genocide against Muslim Uyghurs and cracking down on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. When Blinken and 45-year-old National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met with Chinese senior diplomats in Anchorage, Alaska March 18, 2021, the accusations were flying about genocide and human rights abuses. Chinese senior diplomat Wang Li told Blinken and Sullivan that no country that treats African Americans as they do should lecture anyone about human rights. Now Blinken threatens Beijing for not subscribing to the Western proxy war against the Russian Federation. Beijing wants the Ukraine War to end and plans to initiate a peace plan in the near future. Chinese Foreign Affairs Spokesman Wang Wenbin said the U.S., not China, poured weapons into Ukraine, telling the U.S. it couldn’t dictate what China does.
Biden and Blinken continue to push China to the brink of war with the U.S., demanding lately how they treat Moscow. “It is the U.S., not China, that has been pouring weapons into the battlefield,” said Wang Wenbin. “The U.S. is in no position to tell China what to do. We could never stand for finger –pointing, or even coercion and pressuring from the U.S. on our relations with Russia,” showing how Biden and Blinken have made matters worse with all their threats. China wants the Ukraine conflict to end but has other ideas than sending unlimited cash-and-arms to Kiev. “The international community is fully aware who is calling for dialogue and striving for peace and who is fanning the flames and stoking confrontation,” Wenbin said, rejecting Biden and Blinken’s Ukraine policy. China has called out the U.S. for going overboard fueling he Ukraine conflict, giving Ukraine unlimited cash-and-weapons.
Biden finds himself using his European and NATO partners to say the whole world is against the Russian Federation on Ukraine. Biden knows that China does not see the conflict the same way as the U.S., thinking all sides must compromise to achieve peace. Biden has only seen escalating the conflict at the way to bring about peace. “We urge the U.S. side to seriously reflect on the role its had played, do something to actually help deescalate and promote peace talks, and stop deflecting the blame and spreading disinformation,” Wenbin said. Wenbin blasted the U.S. over the Feb. 4 shoot down of a Chinese weather balloon over Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, accusing the U.S. of unwarranted aggression. China shows no signs of acquiescing to U.S. demands, saying Beijing will soon propose a peace plan to end the Ukraine conflict. Biden and Blinken have been caught flatfooted.
Biden was called out today for his unexpected visit to Kiev on Presidents’ Day, leaving the U.S. border and toxic train disaster in Ohio to support a war zone he created in Ukraine. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Az.) showed that not all members of Congress rubber stamp his Ukraine policy. Biden thinks he enjoys a consensus in Congress on funding a proxy war in Ukraine. War hawks like Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) have, like Biden, a vendetta with Russian President Vladimir Putin. But the day is coming when more members in Congress rebel against the Ukraine War, realizing there’s no excuse for not resolving the conflict. “If the U.S. side continues to fuss over, dramatize and escalate the unintended and isolated incident, it should not expect the Chinese side to flinch,” said Wenbin. “The U.S. side should be prepared to bear all the consequences arising from an escalation,” Wenbin said.
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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.
