Pompeo claims 'tide is turning' in US dealings with China

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that the “tide is turning” in United States dealings with China, claiming that there is international support for American policies against Beijing.

However, Pompeo said on Thursday that he was disappointed at the number of countries supporting China’s new security law for Hong Kong.

The top US diplomat made the remarks while testifying on China before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

 “We see the Chinese Communist Party for what it is: the central threat of our times,” Pompeo said, taking a tough line on China during rising tensions between Washington and Beijing.

He claimed that other countries are supporting American initiatives like the US effort not to use Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] equipment in 5G networks and military maneuvers in the South China Sea.

“Our vigorous diplomacy has helped lead an international awakening to the threat of the CCP. Senators, the tide is turning,” Pompeo said.

China and the US are at loggerheads over a host of issues, including a new security law introduced in Hong Kong, the origins and handling of the COVID-19 contagious disease, Taiwan and the disputed South China Sea.

Washington and Beijing have also been engaged in an unprecedented trade war resulting in sanctions and counter-sanctions. They have also exchanged harsh words for the past several months.

Trump considers China as the West’s main rival, accusing Chinese President Xi Jinping of taking over trade and not telling the truth about the COVID-19 pandemic, which apparently originated in a Chinese city late last year.

The US president has even called the new respiratory disease the “China plague”, angering the Chinese government.

Beijing, in response, has fiercely defended its handling of the new coronavirus, repeatedly saying it “has been nothing but open, transparent and responsible” about the pandemic.

Washington and Beijing have also been engaged in an unprecedented trade war resulting in sanctions and counter-sanctions. They have also exchanged harsh words for the past several months.

Trump considers China as the West’s main rival, accusing Chinese President Xi Jinping of taking over trade and not telling the truth about the COVID-19 pandemic, which apparently originated in a Chinese city late last year.

The American president has even called the new respiratory disease the “China plague”, angering the Chinese government.

Recently, Washington has taken a markedly more aggressive posture against Beijing. Pompeo has called for regime change in “Communist China.”

Both the US and China have recently closed two consulates as well, and Pompeo announced an end to Hong Kong’s special trading status.

On Thursday, Pompeo acknowledged the difficulty of establishing an alliance against China because of its economic strength. He said he was “surprised and dismayed” at the number of countries that supported Beijing’s actions in Hong Kong.

Beijing says US stoking new Cold War on China ahead of presidential election

China says the US is stoking a new Cold War on the Asian country a few months ahead of the US presidential election.

Meanwhile, China has said the United States is triggering a new Cold War as a number of American politicians are looking for a scapegoat to rally support for President Donald Trump ahead of the US presidential election in November.

On Thursday, China’s ambassador to London, Liu Xiaoming, said Washington had commenced a trade war with China, which it would not win.

“It is not China that has become assertive. It’s the other side of the Pacific Ocean who want to start new Cold War on China, so we have to make response to that,” he said in a press conference, stressing that Beijing was not interested in any kind of war, let alone a cold one.

Press TV’s website can also be accessed at the following alternate addresses:

www.presstv.ir