By the Republican National Committee

BIDEN SITS BY AS CHINA GROWS ITS INFLUENCE

• Over the holiday weekend, Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to China and met with Chinese President – and brutal dictator – Xi Jinping.
  • During his visit, Blinken vowed to personally raise the cases of the wrongfully detained Americans, yet the only “commitment” he secured was a “commitment to continue to work hard on resolving these cases.”
  • Asked about the Chinese spy balloon incident and if it’s water under the bridge, Blinken said “that chapter should be closed.”
• In the absence of U.S. leadership, the CCP is now reportedly setting up a military training facility in Cuba “that could lead to the stationing of Chinese troops and other security and intelligence operations just 100 miles off Florida’s coast.”
• The Biden administration has no interest in getting tough on China, repeatedly stressing that they “are for de-risking, not for decoupling.”
  • Biden has enabled China to grow its influence, threaten American security, undermine the rules-based international order, and carry out human rights atrocities.

BIDEN PUTS CHINA FIRST, AMERICA LAST

• Biden has a long history of praising China and ignoring the danger the Chinese Communist Party poses to American national security.  
  • Biden has downplayed the threat of China, saying “China is not our enemy,” “a rising China is a positive development” for the U.S., and that they’re “not bad folks.”
  • Biden led the effort to grant China “Most Favored Nation” status and supported their membership into the World Trade Organization (WTO).
  • Biden has repeatedly bragged about spending more time with Xi Jinping than any other world leader – with The Washington Post giving this lie a “bottomless” Pinocchio.
• As president, Biden has continued his soft-on-China policy approach which has led to an emboldened China.
  • On Biden’s watch, China has been secretly building military facilities in other countries, increasing its use of cyberattacks, and targeting Taiwan economically. 
  • Earlier this month, a Chinese warship sailed dangerously close to a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Taiwan Strait – cutting off our U.S. ship at a distance of 150 yards.
  • One week earlier, a Chinese fighter jet flew directly in front of the nose of a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft conducting routine operations in international airspace.

BIDEN IS FAILING TO HOLD CHINA ACCOUNTABLE

• From COVID to national security, Biden has allowed China to strengthen its global position. 
• Biden has failed to confront China on the origins of the coronavirus after promising he would “insist” on getting answers.
  • Biden resumed funding for the WHO despite China’s significant influence over the organization.
  • The Biden administration bought $1.3 billion worth of Chinese-made COVID tests to send to Americans.
  • Biden recently missed the deadline to declassify intelligence related to COVID origins and the Wuhan lab leak.
• Biden’s administration has failed to stand up to China on its human rights abuses like the Chinese Communist Party’s genocide of the Uyghurs.
  • Climate Czar John Kerry prioritizes climate change over human rights, saying “life is always full of tough choices in the relationship between nations.”
• Biden failed to confront Xi Jinping after China flew a spy balloon across the United States.
  • It has been months since Biden promised he would speak with Xi in the aftermath of the balloon incident, yet there is still no call on the schedule.
  • Biden reportedly wanted to speak with Xi right after the incident but his staffers wouldn’t let him.
• Biden did not respond with sanctions or diplomatic expulsions after China carried out a malicious cyberattack on Microsoft.
  • Instead, Biden responded with “public shaming,” making the United States look like it “treats China with kid gloves.”
• Biden approved license applications worth hundreds of millions of dollars for China’s blacklisted Huawei company despite its long history of deception, lying, and close ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
  • In March 2021, the FCC deemed Huawei Technologies Co. a national security threat.
• The Biden White House has waffled on protecting U.S. national security when it comes to TikTok – saying there are “concerns” with the app while simultaneously doing everything they can to promote it.
  • Soon after taking office, Biden reversed an executive order “that tried to ban the popular Chinese-owned video app.”
• This year, the Biden administration neutered its annual statement to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, dropping all references to CCP oppression in Hong Kong, Tibet, and Xinjiang.

BIDEN HAS DAMAGED ALLIANCES

• When it comes to America’s commitment to Taiwan, Biden has only created confusion.
  • Biden has repeatedly said that the U.S. would send troops to Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.
  • White House officials have had to continuously correct Biden’s mistake saying the “policy has not changed.”
• After Biden botched the Afghanistan withdrawal, China saw it as a sign that the U.S. would not defend Taiwan if attacked.
  • Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen suggested Taiwan could not rely on the U.S. anymore, saying Taiwan’s “only option is to grow stronger and become more united.”