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Jake Sullivan, Biden’s National Security Advisor, just traveled to China. The focus of his meetings was on national security matters. He was treated with contempt and lectured by the Chinese on American “adventurism” in the Pacific. This is the way the Chinese have historically spoken to the leaders of tributary vassal states. That was intentional, because the Chinese Communist Party increasingly views us as a fading second-rate power soon to be brushed aside.
Gen. Zhang Youxia, one of two vice chairs of the Central Military Commission, told White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan that promoting what China calls the reunification of Taiwan with the mainland is “the mission and responsibility” of the military, according to a statement from China’s Defense Ministry.
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