Russia and China called out the United States for its “destructive” diplomacy, slapping both countries with new sanctions over issues that should be resolved amicably in the U.N. Security Council. Russia and China want to call and emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to call the U.S. out for unilateral sanctions that destabilizes world peace and stability. China was especially blindsided by a U.S. summit in Anchorage, Alaska March 18 in which the U.S. delegation led by Secretary of State Tony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan called China out for its inhumane treatment on Muslim Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang province. Blinken and Sullivan complained to China’s senior diplomat Yang Jiechi and state councilor Wang Yi about the alleged internment in reeducation camps of up to one million Uyghurs, living in what the U.S. alleges deplorable conditions.
Blinken went further Jan. 20 saying the China committed “genocide” against Muslim Uyghurs, something that demands proof. It’s one thing to talk about slave labor deplorable conditions in camps, it’s still another to accuse China of genocide. Meeting in Chinese city of Guilin today, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, both called for a U.N. Security Council meeting “to establish direct dialogue about ways to resolve mankind’s common problems in the interests of maintaining global stability,” putting the onus on 78-year-old U.S. President Joe Biden. Biden started the brouhaha March 16, telling ABC News George Stephanopoulos that Russian President Vladimir Putin was a “soulless killer.” Putin was not the only foreign leader outraged by Biden’s remarks, something clearly baited by Stephanpopoulos yet displaying Biden’s poor judgment.
Since taking office Jan. 20, Biden has done everything possible to alienate Russia and China, two U.S. adversaries but necessary partners to world stability. No permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, including the U.K, France or Germany, wants to see the U.S. feuding with its main global competitors. U.S., EU, U.K. and Canada recently slapped Russia and China with sanctions over its treatment of 44-year-old Russian dissident Alexi Navalny, not to mention the Uyghur complaints and those of pro-democracy protester in Hong Kong. Biden’s foreign policy with Russia and China has crossed a dangerous line, raising internal issues, considered by both countries as meddling in internal affairs. It’s doubtful that the U.K, France and Germany want to take on Biden’s new battle with Russia and China. All three countries have enough problems managing the Covid-19 pandemic.
No one can figure out what Biden’s trying to do making reprehensible public remarks against Putin and blindsiding China at a get-to-know-you summit in Anchorage. Whatever Biden’s doing must stop before he pushes the global order into chaos. Chinese officials told Blinken and Sullivan in Anchorage that the U.S. can’t lecture anyone about human rights when Biden, himself, called the United States Jan. 27 a “systemically racist” country, giving U.S. adversaries the admission needed to challenge U.S. leadership on human rights. U.S. adversaries watched race riots in American streets last year, going on for months, with African Americans decrying racism and the slaughter of innocent blacks citizens. Yang told Blinken and Sullivan to resolve those issues before lecturing China about human rights. Lavrov complained that Biden has started a new Cold War.
Whatever happens inside Communist China or Russia, Biden will get nowhere accusing both countries of human rights abuses, when he already admitted that the U.S. has a problem with “systemic racism.” Once a U.S. president admits to “systemic racism,” no foreign country can take the U.S. seriously when it comes to advocating for human rights. Lavrov wants the permanent members of the Security Council to talk some sense into the U.S. delegation that they’re not going to get anywhere calling Putin ad “killer” or accusing China of committing “genocide.” European Union officials know that they have too many close business ties with Russia, buying 40% of natural gas and 30% of petroleum from the Moscow. U.S. has ubiquitous business ties with China, creating unnecessary conflict during a time of global recession, requiring more global cooperation not conflict.
Slapping Russia and China with sanctions only creates more problems, solving nothing on the world stage. Whatever the U.S. or EU think a bout Navalny, he’s a minor player in U.S.-Russian relations, certainly not someone that should push the two superpowers to the brink. When it comes to China, dealing with the Uyghurs, pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong or Taiwan takes patience, something that won’t be solved by coercion. Lavrov criticized the “destructive “ U.S. foreign policy, saying “punishing anyone on the world arena today is just wrong, and using the same methods against Russia and China is simply stupid,” Lavrov said. Biden told the European Union Feb. 18 that “America is back,” but back to what? It’s doubtful that the EU wants to join Biden’s anti-Russia and anti-China’s crusade, knowing the extent of current business ties. Biden needs to get back to common sense before it’s too late.
