Chinese Communist Party Says Biden A "New Window Of Hope"

Beijing is looking forward to a new U.S. administration after Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden represented a “new window of hope” for the Sino–U.S. relationship.

Wang made the remarks last week in an interview with Chinese state-run media Xinhua and China Media Group. He also expressed hopes that the incoming U.S. administration will “return to a sensible approach,” according to a government transcript.

He took a swipe at the Trump administration, saying that in recent years, the United States has tried to “suppress China and start a new cold war.” The Chinese regime has frequently used this rhetoric, especially during the 2018–2019 trade war, to criticize the administration’s China policies.

He also accused U.S. policymakers of having “serious misconceptions” about China and called on the United States to “respect” China’s social system.

Wang concluded his interview by saying that the two countries could resolve their differences “as long as the United States can draw lessons from the past and work with China in the same direction.”

The Trump administration has confronted the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on a range of issues, including unfair trade practices, espionage, malign influence in the United States, security threats posed by Chinese technology, and its human rights abuses against religious minorities and Hong Kong residents.

Biden’s critics have expressed concerns that an administration under him would be soft on China, and Chinese state-run media have openly stated their preference for Biden.

Most recently, China’s state-run media Global Times, in an article published on Jan. 5, used the sudden decision by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) not to delist three Chinese telecom companies as a sign that a more “flexible” administration under Biden would be more friendly toward Beijing. The NYSE has since reversed course again, saying on Jan. 6 that it would go ahead with delisting them.

“Chinese experts translated the move as a voice of reason from some in Wall Street and US political circle [sic], who wish the incumbent US president won’t hamstring the incoming Biden administration in making decisions related to China,” the article stated.

It also cited a Chinese professor who said U.S. politicians and businessmen would prefer “flexibility” under Biden over Trump’s “boundless style of bullying.”

On Dec. 31, 2020, the NYSE announced that it would begin the process of delisting China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom, in compliance with Trump’s executive order, as the three companies were found by the Pentagon to have ties to the Chinese military.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/beijing-views-biden-as-new-window-of-hope-as-state-media-lambast-trumps-china-policies_3645654.html

NY state Sen. John Liu sparks outrage with tweet calling Capitol siege scarier than 9/11

A New York lawmaker from Queens is getting big blowback for tweeting that since Wednesday’s Capitol riots, the 9/11 attack is no longer his most frightening memory.

“Seeing the Twin Towers crumble is no longer the most frightening moment of my life,” tweeted state Sen. John Liu (D-Queens).

The tweet, which Liu sent at 4:26 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, as the Washington, D.C., riot unfolded, is still being blasted as tone-deaf days later.

“Tell that to the families of those who died that day,” responded @CatalinaLauf.

“And to the men and women still suffering, being killed by the Global War on Terror as a result of that day. Truly shameful.”

“C’mon, man,” snarked @michaelsmass.

“You were this close to being indicted for campaign finance fraud,” he added, referencing the then-city comptroller’s brush with the law in 2014, during his failed run for mayor. “I imagine that was a bit more harrowing.”

Many critics of Liu’s tweet noted the utter destruction of 9/11.

Terrorists killed 2,753 people in Lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001, by crashing planes into the World Trade Center, causing both its towers to collapse to the ground.

Overall, nearly 3,000 people were killed that day as multiple terror attacks unfolded at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and in Shanksville, Pa., where the passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 wrestled control of the aircraft from terrorists and forced it into the ground.

Two decades later, five people were killed during the stunning attack on the Capitol, in which many hundreds of rioters forced their way into the building, shattering glass, rifling through offices and prompting Congressmembers to flee for their safety.

Liu told The Post on Saturday that he was just swept up by the emotion of the moment when he hit send on Wednesday’s tweet.

“My tweet was an emotional response that failed to provide a fuller context and was not meant in any disrespect, especially to those who died on 9/11 and their families,” Liu said, adding, “9/11 is by far the most horrific and outrageous thing I’ve witnessed.”

Still, the Capitol attack “evoked emotions of outrage, horror and fear that I haven’t felt since Sept. 11.,” Liu said.

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“What happened on that day 20 years ago was by far the most horrific thing I saw in my life and can’t be compared, but watching on TV the American people’s house be attacked — not by terrorists but by other Americans — was frightening,” he added.

Liu was a candidate in the primary elections which were canceled by the 9/11 attacks. He went on to win, becoming the first Asian American elected to the City Council. He was elected to the state Senate in 2018.

“On Sept. 11, 2001, after they canceled the primary election that morning, I returned home in time to watch the towers fall, and I remember feeling the horror and the outrage and the fear, which I, nor any of us, will ever forget,” he said.

https://nypost.com/2021/01/09/ny-state-sen-john-liu-explains-tweet-saying-capitol-siege-was-scarier-than-9-11/