Some Quotes :
“The alternative to a rules-based order is a world in which might makes right and winner takes all and that would be a far more violent and unstable world,” Blinken said.
The Chinese fired back. Yang Jiechi, a member of the Politburo, offered a lengthy monologue in which he said Western nations don’t represent global public opinion and called the U.S. the “champion” of cyber-attacks.
“Many people within the United States actually have little confidence in the democracy of the United States,” he said, citing the killing of Black Americans and the Black Lives Matter movement. Near the end of his opening remarks, he said Blinken’s comments weren’t “normal” and added that in response “mine aren’t either.”
Things only got worse from there. Cameras were ushered from the room, only to be called back in. Yang and Foreign Minister Wang Yi took the opportunity to follow up with even more criticism. “Is that the way you had hoped to conduct this dialogue?” Yang asked, according to his delegation’s translator. “I think we thought too well of the United States. The United States isn’t qualified to speak to China from a position of strength.”
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Mic Drop .... :xi-clap: :xi-lib-tears:
The US has treated so many high-handedly over the decades, you can't just put the Trump Pandora back in the box and pretend you're not just continuing the same but with the old idealist facade like Biden and co are trying to do.
The vultures are circling and many will cheer them on.
Trump had little or no influence over the State Department. He did however force them into a round of layoffs, which was accompanied by much weeping and gnashing of teeth.
State could negotiate away our jobs and get millions of us laid off and coldly dismiss us as losers. But the moment downsizing hit them - a single time - it was a world tragedy.