‘Stakes are high.’ Republicans outline Chinese Communists’ threats, and solutions to counter them

'The Chinese Communist Party is intent on replacing the United States as the world's preeminent technological leader and power. They have a plan to leverage every possible avenue to finance their goals. Defending against these advances is one of the most significant geopolitical challenges of a generation... The stakes are high and the C.C.P.'s list of offenses against the norms of international order are long. From violating an international treaty and dismantling Hong Kong's civil liberties, egregious zero tolerance COVID-19 restrictions in mainland China that led to mass protests with brutal crackdowns from C.C.P. authorities. Oppressing ethnic minorities, persecuting Uighurs and Tibetans, conducting increasingly belligerent provocations on land, air and cyberspace. Using debt trapped diplomacy through the Belt and Road initiative to assert colonial dominance over lesser developed countries. Engaging in economic warfare through unfair trade practices. The theft of $600 billion of intellectual property from American businesses each year through the forced transfer of technology. Threatening through military, economic and diplomatic coercion the democracy in Taiwan. And last year, and the year before, the threat from the C.C.P. came into focus when the C.C.P. silenced doctors, corrupted the World Health Organization to spread disinformation, cover up substandard biosecurity at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, leading to a deadly virus becoming a global pandemic killing millions, devastating the global economy and giving the C.C.P. the opportunity to weaponize the global supply chain against the West.' (Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, 10 January 2023) Related: - Kevin McCarthy on 'the danger posed by our dependence on China', https://youtu.be/g_K46ScGbUY - Chinese Communist Party is more interested in being America's foe than America's friend, https://youtu.be/9gk3gYMeViE