{"id":1953814,"date":"2023-06-22T04:14:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T08:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-manages-tense-relations-with-china-as-covid-19-issues-reemerge\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T04:15:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T08:15:32","slug":"biden-manages-tense-relations-with-china-as-covid-19-issues-reemerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-manages-tense-relations-with-china-as-covid-19-issues-reemerge\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden handles strained China ties amidst resurfacing COVID-19 concerns."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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-manages-tense-relations-with-china-as-covid-19-issues-reemerge%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=1953814&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--><h2>President Joe Biden Faces Renewed Policy Pressure<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-manages-tense-relations-with-china-as-covid-19-issues-reemerge\/\" title=\"Biden handles strained China ties amidst resurfacing COVID-19 concerns.\">facing renewed policy pressure<\/a> as two major issues, China and the coronavirus, reemerge in the headlines.<\/p>\n<h3>COVID-19 Origins Deadline Missed<\/h3>\n<p>A deadline to release information related to the origins of COVID-19 came and went Sunday with no action from the White House. This has raised concerns and questions about transparency.<\/p>\n<h3>Lukewarm Reception in Beijing<\/h3>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken&#8217;s trip to Beijing did not go as planned. Despite a delayed start, he only met with President Xi Jinping for 35 minutes. Blinken tried to emphasize the trip as a way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-proposes-to-establish-permanent-us-special-envoy-to-pacific-to-counter-ccp\/\" title=\"Bill Proposes to Establish Permanent US Special Envoy to Pacific to Counter CCP\">build stronger relations<\/a> between the two nations, but the reception was lukewarm.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cChina\u2019s broad economic success is also in our interest. We have done a remarkable job rebounding from COVID and having a growing economy \u2014 very low unemployment, tremendous investments in our future,\u201d Blinken said in Beijing. \u201cBut we also benefit tremendously when there is growth and progress in other countries \u2014 especially of one of the world\u2019s largest economies when it comes to China.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite mentioning the economic effects of COVID-19, Blinken did not address the origins of the virus at all.<\/p>\n<h3>Deadline Missed Raises Questions<\/h3>\n<p>Senator Mike Braun suggested that Biden&#8217;s failure to meet the origins deadline was tied to Blinken&#8217;s visit, which began on the same day. Braun pointed out that there is no exception in the law President Biden signed for a Secretary of State meeting with Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The White House is now overdue to declassify their COVID lab leak intel, and there is no \u2018Secretary of State is meeting with Xi Jinping\u2019 exception in the law President Biden signed,\u201d Braun said. \u201cWe need to know the truth about how this pandemic started and China\u2019s role in covering it up, and the White House must respect the text of the law passed unanimously in both chambers by the people\u2019s representatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023 was unanimously passed by Congress in March. Biden signed it, expressing his commitment to releasing as much information as possible about the origins of the virus. However, the 90-day deadline for declassifying the intelligence has passed without any action from the White House.<\/p>\n<h3>Concerns Raised by Experts<\/h3>\n<p>While the lack of news coverage on this issue may be surprising, experts like Richard Ebright from Rutgers University consider it a major oversight.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It is dismaying that a sitting president of the United States breaks the law, violates the oath of office, and shows contempt for the public on a matter of national importance, and, thus far, suffers no consequences for doing so,&#8221; Ebright, a chemical biology professor, said. &#8220;If not corrected immediately and in full, impeachment indeed would be the proper course of action.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-graham-media-bias-by-omission-clear-as-krystle\/\" title=\"Tim Graham: Media Bias by Omission, Clear as Krystle\">make disparaging remarks<\/a> about China, but not in relation to the virus. He implied that President Xi was unaware of a spy balloon shot down over the United States that had drifted into North America, describing him as a dictator in the process.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Mao Ning, a spokeswoman for China\u2019s foreign ministry, criticized the comment as a &#8220;blatant political provocation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite Blinken&#8217;s visit, China refused to establish a crisis communications channel with U.S. military officials. However, President Xi described the overall encounter as &#8220;very good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Criticism of Biden&#8217;s Foreign Policy<\/h3>\n<p>Blinken&#8217;s visit and the complications that followed have once again led to criticism of President Biden&#8217;s foreign policy. Republican critics argue that the administration has not achieved any significant outcomes in its dealings with China.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s clear that the Biden administration got nothing in return for continuing to give the CCP a pass,&#8221; reads a statement from Republican National Committee spokesman Tommy Pigott. &#8220;A military channel of communication? Rejected. The release of wrongfully detained Americans held by the CCP? Nope. Accountability on TikTok or the spy balloon? Definitely not&#8230; Weakness is the policy of the Biden administration, and it\u2019s emboldening Communists while putting the American people in danger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These recent developments have put President Biden under increased pressure to address these critical issues effectively.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden confronts mounting policy pressure as China and COVID-19 resurface. 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