Blinken presses China on Uighurs, Hong Kong in first call

Good opening phone call by Mr. Blinken. His family history means he will not be inclined to conveniently ignore genocides. I hope in the future he brings some attention to what is going on in Inner Mongolia.

Oooh ... "presses", in other words politely asks but does nothing.

It's free pass time for China and they know it.

What should be done? Be specific.

How about starting closer to home by pressing American companies like Apple, Nike and Patagonia to stop using slave labour in Xinjiang?

Giant Haystacks:

How about starting closer to home by pressing American companies like Apple, Nike and Patagonia to stop using slave labour in Xinjiang?

Big Daddy agrees with you.

Uighur who are recognized ethic minorities of North Chins has claimed that CCP suppress them and their human rights are being accused whereas they are also systematic raped, sexually abused and tutored. Not ignoring the fact that CCP is behind the Myanmar issue too . And CCP supports ISI and Taliban too and its now a huge global threat. After all the facts known to every country it is still the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and United Nation Human Rights Commission whereas China is the only country who doesn't allow its own citizen to enjoy their human rights ,suppress them so much and doesn't allow its own cititx=zen to even post the truth about the country on social media or say anything.

@Haystacks

They are already. This dates back to last Aug:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/sanctions-china-cotton-xinjiang-uighurs-fashion/2020/08/20/188ec374-dd48-11ea-b4f1-25b762cdbbf4_story.html

Plenty of similar stories in UK too.

Oooh ... "presses", in other words politely asks but does nothing.

It's free pass time for China and they know it.

As Jimizo asked. What should be done? And yes, be specific.

But everything Mr. Blinken says or does will be undercut by Mr. Biden's American ambassador to the UN, which is where China is able to act with impunity.

This guy looks a lot better than the previous overweight doofus

After four years, a US administration that finally stands up to China, Russia, nKorea, and all the other authoritarians that were coddled by the last wanna-by authoritarian President...

And Xi must be in a funk losing his clothing business partner in the WH...

Of course, Yang probably took into consideration what the US supports in Palestine (including the regime that rules that part of Palestine where the ICC hasn't officially declared it has jurisdiction) and realized that the declaration that the Biden administration is going to "stand up for democratic values", and has any real objections to the 'abuse of the international system' is as ridiculous as Trump's declaration that he was standing up for democratic values' and was opposed to the 'abuse of the American system'.

The west have to come down on China over the Uighurs, one of the worse atrocities that can't be ignored with like "business as usual!"

Condemning them is great and then what? How about sanctions? How about threatening China with less access to the US market on various key items that China deeply cares about? How about making it extremely painful to the Chinese economy to get them to back off? Waving and calling them out sadly, isn’t going to do much, not even make them twitch.

Economic sanctions are the perfect way to bring China to heel. 

No, it won't.

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3091279/us-sanctions-tech-sales-doomed-fail

It’s not as if the US is overly reliant on products made in China.

Sadly, it pretty much is...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2020/04/30/why-is-the-us-is-so-ridiculously-dependent-on-china/?sh=7c25266b56b5

The US wouldn’t be harmed at all by sanctioning China to the hilt. Everyone in the bubble knows this.

*A 2019 report from Bloomberg Economics estimated that the trade war would cost the U.S. economy $316 billion by the end of 2020, while more recent research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Columbia University found that U.S.companies lost at least $1.7 trillion in the price of their stocks as a result of ...Aug 7, 2020 Brookings Institute.*

Time to get out of the people Joe.

Economic sanctions are the perfect way to bring China to heel. 

No, it won't.

It’s not as if the US is overly reliant on products made in China.

Sadly, it pretty much is...

Well I'd like to see some sanctions - on ties, shirts, golf bags, etc...

Especially all those Chinese-made goods sold under the "Trump Collection" brand...

And I'm not sure how overly reliant we are on a tie that costs 50 cents to make in Shanghai but costs $125 on the Trumpstore.com website...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-event-touted-made-america-goods-lot-his-merchandise-couldn-n893656

"I made clear the U.S. will defend our national interests, stand up for our democratic values, and hold Beijing accountable for its abuses of the international system," Blinken said on Twitter of his call with senior Chinese official Yang Jiechi.

Would be nice if there was more than empty words in it. So far, the Biden admin has been doing everything the CCP wanted and more. Destroy the energy industry, promote "green" policies that result in relocating jobs to China, let CCP companies back into sensitive infrastructure projects, and more. Just wait for this admin to lift the restrictions on Huawei.

The people of Taiwan must be worried.

Where is the difference between the new Blinken and his predecessor Pompeo?

Do people not see more similarity between them than expected or anticipated?

Would be nice if there was more than empty words in it. So far, the Biden admin has been doing everything the CCP wanted and more.

Sure, like sailing ships thru the Taiwan Strait or reaffirming the Senkakus fall under Art V...

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Indo-Pacific/Biden-affirms-security-treaty-applies-to-Senkaku-Islands-in-Suga-call

Destroy the energy industry, promote "green" policies that result in relocating jobs to China, let CCP companies back into sensitive infrastructure projects, and more. Just wait for this admin to lift the restrictions on Huawei.

The Keystone project would take Canadian oil and send it to China from US ports. - that's why Trump was such a vocal supporter. And tell us again how Trump making his clothing line in Chinese sweatshops helps save US jobs...

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2011/08/110819-keystone-xl-canadian-oil-and-chinese-market/

The people of Taiwan must be worried.

Less so now that Xi's business partner has left the WH....

One hour and seven minutes later, after a “liberal” disagrees, you contradict yourself:

No, I didn’t, what else should Biden do? Think. Sanctions won’t do it.

I love it when you do this!

Me too..

Thanks to Trump. Lmao!!!

And so Biden will capitulate and then what? Makes me nervous.

Capitulate like Trump did to Kim or Putin?

Trump is out of office, so what’s Biden going to do?