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Media expect President Donald Trump & Vice President Mike Pence to play "Good Cop, Bad Cop" game with China
After Vice President Mike Pence's tough speech on China policies in Oct 2018 (video HERE) at Hudson Institute, he will give a formal speech again tonight (24 Oct, HKT 11:00pm) at the Wilson Center. The speech has drawn high levels of attention from political commentators on US-China Relations.
Nikkei Asian Review expects Pence’s speech tonight will emphasize the tough stance of the Trump’s Administration on Chinese policies. It is also predicted that Pence will talk about topics that are linked to core intersts and are highly-sensitive to China, including human rights in #Tibet, #Xinjiang, #Taiwan, #HongKongProtests, #NBABoycott, and #HuaweiBan.
Bloomberg quoted from the international consultant Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC that Pence will play the role of** “Bad Cop” to criticize China’s human rights problem** and let Donald Trump to be the “Good Cop” to clear up the obstacles for the US-China Trade Deal. Director of Policy Research Isaac Boltansky wrote, “Given both the fundamentals and political realities, we expect Vice President Pence to adopt a hawkish and defensive tone.” and the “tensions between China and the United States have expanded beyond the tariff tit-for-tat in recent weeks", with the US blacklisting 8 Chinese companies, restricting granting visa to Chinese officials, and considering imposing restrictions on funds transfer of enterprises.
According to various reports, Pence had always focused on freedom, democracy, and human rights in China when compared to Trump. He had also urged the European countries to boycott Chinese telecommunications company Huawei during his visit in Sep 2019.
Excerpt : https://hk.news.appledaily.com/china/realtime/article/20191024/60188511
Media expect President Donald Trump & Vice President Mike Pence to play "Good Cop, Bad Cop" game with China
After Vice President Mike Pence's tough speech on China policies in Oct 2018 (video HERE) at Hudson Institute, he will give a formal speech again tonight (24 Oct, HKT 11:00pm) at the Wilson Center. The speech has drawn high levels of attention from political commentators on US-China Relations.
Nikkei Asian Review expects Pence’s speech tonight will emphasize the tough stance of the Trump’s Administration on Chinese policies. It is also predicted that Pence will talk about topics that are linked to core intersts and are highly-sensitive to China, including human rights in #Tibet, #Xinjiang, #Taiwan, #HongKongProtests, #NBABoycott, and #HuaweiBan.
Bloomberg quoted from the international consultant Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC that Pence will play the role of** “Bad Cop” to criticize China’s human rights problem** and let Donald Trump to be the “Good Cop” to clear up the obstacles for the US-China Trade Deal. Director of Policy Research Isaac Boltansky wrote, “Given both the fundamentals and political realities, we expect Vice President Pence to adopt a hawkish and defensive tone.” and the “tensions between China and the United States have expanded beyond the tariff tit-for-tat in recent weeks", with the US blacklisting 8 Chinese companies, restricting granting visa to Chinese officials, and considering imposing restrictions on funds transfer of enterprises.
According to various reports, Pence had always focused on freedom, democracy, and human rights in China when compared to Trump. He had also urged the European countries to boycott Chinese telecommunications company Huawei during his visit in Sep 2019.
Excerpt : https://hk.news.appledaily.com/china/realtime/article/20191024/60188511
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Vice President Mike Pence's China Speech at Hudson Institute
Pence accused China of "meddling in America's democracy," in a wide-ranging speech. He also slammed China's militarization of contested areas in the South and East China Sea, its practice of "debt diplomacy" in developing countries, and efforts to convince…