He also disagreed that China was able to recover from the coronavirus pandemic more quickly and successfully than the United States and other Western countries
The change in US policy towards China that was implemented under President Donald Trump is irreversible and is supported by the Republican and Democratic Parties. This was expressed by Secretary of State Michael Pompeo in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, the text of which was distributed by the US Foreign Office on Tuesday.
“For 50 years, the US policy has been based on the premise that strengthening cooperation and expanding trade and ties will encourage the Communist Party of China to behave like a normal country. It is clear that they decided to do otherwise,” Pompeo said. He is convinced that the version about the artificial origin of the new coronavirus, the One Belt One Way initiative and China’s actions in the South China Sea demonstrate that Beijing has stopped hiding its true intentions.
The Secretary of State gave an affirmative answer to the question whether the two leading US political parties are irreversibly abandoning the old model of developing relations with China.
“I believe it is <…> Now the whole world sees that the Communist Party of China has released a virus that has destroyed the economies of the world and killed one and a half million people,” Pompeo argued, adding that such a situation “requires a comprehensive response.”