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To: marcher who wrote (197611)	3/23/2023 5:32:56 AM
From: TobagoJack	1 Recommendation Recommended By Pogeu Mahone Respond to of 218447

Re <<not a good deal>> ... wonder whether there would be Team USA Congressional hearings on who lost Russia and / or China ? rt.com Biden making ‘enormous’ mistake on China – former US Secretary of State The US government is making “an enormous strategic mistake” by downplaying the importance of rapidly expanding Russia-China ties, Mike Pompeo, who served as the country's secretary of state under former president Donald Trump, has warned. The alliance between Moscow and Beijing “may be a shotgun wedding, but they’re still married,” Pompeo told Fox News on Wednesday. “To hear the White House play this down as if it’s insignificant or unimportant is an enormous strategic mistake,” he added. Pompeo, who was speaking hours after Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded a landmark visit to Moscow, where multiple deals were signed, stressed that China has been “getting energy at a discounted price” from Russia. “Think about that. American manufacturing companies are paying full freight for energy today and the Chinese are getting a 15, 20% discount on each barrel of oil, allowing them to continue to dump their products here in America,” he explained. China gives US advice on Ukraine The former secretary of state also claimed that “at least for today, the Chinese Communist Party is providing lethal assistance to Ukraine, almost certainly.” He was apparently referring to Russian forces fighting Ukraine, not Kiev itself. Weapons for Ukraine are being provided by the US and its NATO allies, together with funds, intelligence and training for troops. Beijing has previously denied claims that it is supplying or planning to supply arms to Moscow amid its conflict with Kiev, calling such allegations by Washington “false.” Russia has also insisted that it relies on locally made weaponry in its military operation. “Now, the Biden administration has failed. They have allowed the Russians and the Chinese to come together in this way and it presents enormous risk to the US and every citizen,” Pompeo continued. Commenting on Xi’s visit to Moscow, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said he didn’t believe that there was an alliance between Moscow and Beijing, reiterating his earlier suggestion that it was just “marriage of convenience.” READ MORE: Kremlin slams Western media’s take on Russia-China gas deal Russian President Vladimir Putin sees “a potential backer” in Xi, but “whether it results in anything, we’ll see,” Kirby remarked during a briefing on Tuesday.

To: marcher who wrote (197611)	3/23/2023 5:48:03 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 218447

who knows, maybe something constructive shall come out of the trip but am doubtful of anything positive should the trip be about electioneering, guardrails, etc etc the usual under the circumstances that 2024 November is right over the hill that is around the corner, do not see why Team China would bother to engage other than to give polite, meaning diplomatic, hearing and then get back to business scmp.com Is Blinken visit a step closer with State Department’s China guru trip? Experts believe Rick Waters could be paving the way for the US secretary of state to reinstate his cancelled Beijing plansWaters was accompanied by consular officials during his meeting with senior figures of influential Shanghai think tank Laura Zhou Published: 4:00pm, 23 Mar, 2023 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken cancelled his visit to China during the balloon crisis in February. Photo: AFP The head of the US State Department’s “ China House” visited a Shanghai think tank on Wednesday, on a trip that experts say may pave the way for more senior dialogue between the two nations. Rick Waters, who is also the deputy assistant secretary of state for China, Taiwan and Mongolia, met Yang Jiemian and Chen Dongxiao, former and current presidents of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS). Yang, a respected strategic affairs scholar and influential figure in China’s diplomatic establishment, is better known as the younger brother of former foreign policy chief and Politburo member Yang Jiechi, who stepped down in October. In a post on social media platform WeChat, the SIIS said the two sides “had an in-depth exchange of views on China-US relations and other topics”, without elaborating. According to a brief SIIS press release, Waters was accompanied by diplomats from the US consulate in Shanghai. Also joining the meeting were Shao Yuqun, director of the Institute for Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macau Studies, and Zhang Chong, an assistant researcher at the Centre for American Studies. While Waters’ full itinerary was unclear, it was the first public trip to China by a senior US diplomat since December. On that visit, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs Daniel Kritenbrink and National Security Council senior director for China and Taiwan Laura Rosenberger travelled to Langfang, a city near Beijing, as part of the preparations for US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s planned trip to Beijing. Lu Xiang, a specialist on US-China relations at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said Waters’ trip was part of the “working level communication” between the two countries, but could also pave the way for a rearranged visit by Blinken. “I think [Waters] is on a mission to prepare for Blinken’s visit to Beijing, to touch base or to consult [with the Chinese side],” he said. Blinken called off his planned visit – his first as Washington’s top diplomat – in the middle of the balloon crisis in early February, when the US shot down a suspected Chinese spying device. Since then, confrontations between Beijing and Washington have grown increasingly bitter, over Taiwan, supply chain issues, China’s deepening partnership with Russia, and Beijing’s neutral position on the Ukraine war. Beijing has blamed Washington for escalating tensions. In his first press conference as foreign minister, Qin Gang – previously China’s ambassador to the US – warned of catastrophic consequences if Washington failed to “hit the brakes” and let bilateral ties go downhill. While both the US and China have called for efforts to mend their deteriorating ties, hopes for a quick rapprochement are slim, but there have been some signs of improvement. Earlier in March, US President Joe Biden said he would soon speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping over the phone, but no timeline was given. On Monday, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that a potential trip to China by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was in the works.