News Analysis U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recognizes China as the predominant threat to the United States. He outlined the U.S. policy for limiting the power of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), while enhancing relations with U.S. allies. “China is the only country with the economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power to seriously challenge the stable and open international system,” Blinken said in his first major foreign policy speech in March. Consequently, he said that the administration must protect U.S. jobs, improve relationships with allies, maintain the U.S. military advantage, oppose unfair trade practices, and limit the power of the CCP. U.S. tensions with China are predicated on human rights in Xinjiang, Taiwan’s right to exist as an independent nation, Hong Kong’s autonomy, the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, China’s unfair trade practices, the Chinese military’s global expansion, the right of all nations to access maritime shipping lanes, and …
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