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Donald Trump’s pick for Beijing envoy affirms US commitment to one-China policy

Cs news7 months ago02 mins

President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Beijing said on Thursday that the US leader’s strategy for China would involve “some pain” and claimed that allies must do more to counter the Asian country. Speaking in a confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, David Perdue, a former Republican senator representing Georgia, also affirmed…

Marco Rubio, US secretary of state nominee, echoes Trump’s Panama Canal China concern

Cs news9 months ago02 mins

Florida’s Senator Marco Rubio, nominated by president-elect Donald Trump as Secretary of State, sharply criticised China’s global ambitions during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, singling out Beijing’s involvement in the Panama Canal as a significant threat to US national security. Wading into an issue that made headlines when Trump claimed last month that the canal…