{"id":187682,"date":"2021-03-02T22:14:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T03:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=187682"},"modified":"2021-03-02T22:33:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T03:33:04","slug":"biden-admin-so-far-has-eased-pressure-on-communist-china-sen-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-so-far-has-eased-pressure-on-communist-china-sen-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin So Far Has Eased Pressure on Communist China: Sen. Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-so-far-has-eased-pressure-on-communist-china-sen-cruz%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=187682&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ted-cruz\">Ted Cruz<\/a> (R-Texas) raised alarm over what he saw as \u201ca pattern of a systemic decision\u201d from the Biden administration to \u201cembrace\u201d communist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-china\">China<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, every action, every nomination that we have seen from the nascent Biden administration, insofar as it concerns China, has lessened the scrutiny, has lessened the sanctions, has lessened the pressure on communist China,\u201d Cruz said in a speech during a Senate meeting on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are seeing a steady and systematic embrace of communist China, and that is dangerous. That is dangerous for our nation. It is foolhardy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cruz opposed the confirmation of President Joe Biden\u2019s pick for Commerce secretary, Gina Raimondo, who he believed has joined the \u201crush to embrace the worst elements of the Chinese Communist Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raimondo, the governor of Rhode Island, has refused to clarify whether she would uphold the trade restriction on Chinese telecom giant Huawei, which Cruz described as an \u201cespionage agency of the Chinese Communist Party.\u201d\u00a0The Senate voted 84 to 15 Tuesday to confirm her as the coming secretary of Commerce.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past two years under the Trump administration, the Department of Commerce placed Huawei and roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-to-blacklist-dozens-of-chinese-companies-over-national-security-concerns-commerce-secretary_3624251.html\">150 of its affiliates<\/a> on the sanction list in a bid to cut the firm from critical American technology and software. The Federal Communications Commission officially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/fcc-formally-declares-huawei-zte-as-national-security-threats_3407366.html\">designated<\/a> Huawei a national security threat last June.<\/p>\n<p>During her Jan. 26 confirmation hearing, Raimondo, a Democrat, pledged a hard stance on China to protect U.S. telecommunication networks from anti-competitive Chinese behaviors, but declined to say whether she would maintain the blacklist on Huawei. Pressed by Cruz, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/gop-senators-urge-commerce-nominee-to-commit-to-countering-beijings-5g-ambitions_3678242.html\">said<\/a> she would work with lawmakers, industry, and allies to \u201cmake an assessment as to what\u2019s best for American national and economic security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs my colleagues know, nominees will never be more engaged, more transparent, or more forthcoming than during their confirmation process,\u201d Cruz said. \u201cThat governor Raimondo has refused to be any one of these speaks volumes to how she would act if confirmed as secretary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3682847 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/gina-raimondo-1200x798-1.jpg\" alt=\"gina raimondo\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, nominee for Secretary of Commerce, speaks at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware, Jan. 8, 2021. (Jim Watson\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The Biden team has projected a tough-on-China image but often remained elusive on details.<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki has described the two countries\u2019 relationship as \u201cone of strong competition,\u201d citing the need to deploy a strategic, multilateral approach when dealing with China.<\/p>\n<p>Katherine Tai, nominee for U.S. Trade Representative, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/bidens-trade-pick-describes-chinese-regime-as-both-rival-and-partner_3710952.html\">described<\/a> the Chinese regime as \u201csimultaneously a rival, a trade partner, and an outsized player whose cooperation we\u2019ll also need to address certain global challenges.\u201d President Joe Biden\u2019s CIA director nominee William Burns <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/chinese-regime-is-authoritarian-adversary-posing-biggest-geopolitical-test-biden-cia-director-nominee_3709388.html\">called<\/a> Beijing a \u201cformidable, authoritarian adversary\u201d but also noted areas of \u201cmutual interests,\u201d such as climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese officials have meanwhile escalated their rhetoric, laying out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china-lists-four-redlines-to-biden-asks-us-to-lift-tariff-and-sanctions_3706645.html\">demands<\/a> for the United States on issues such as trade, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and human rights as preconditions for \u201chealthy\u201d diplomatic relations.<\/p>\n<p>While officials from both political parties have mistaken Beijing as a friend, the COVID-19 pandemic has led the world to see the \u201csystemic pattern of lies and deception and death coming from the Chinese communist government,\u201d Cruz said.<\/p>\n<p>Following the pandemic, the UK, which was on the path of allowing Huawei to build its 5G network, awakened to the regime\u2019s threats and \u201cstepped back from the brink,\u201d Cruz said.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed hopes that the perceived pattern of the new administration appeasing China \u201cwill not lighten up on our allies and encourage them to move forward with Huawei, to allow the espionage architecture to be put in place in their nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat would render America more vulnerable. It would render our allies more vulnerable. It would render the world more vulnerable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) raised alarm over what he saw as \u201ca pattern of a systemic decision\u201d from the Biden administration to \u201cembrace\u201d communist China. \u201cSo far, every action, every &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/gina-raimondo-1200x798-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Admin So Far Has Eased Pressure on Communist China: Sen. 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