{"id":2020055,"date":"2023-09-02T05:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T09:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinkens-new-china-point-man-veteran-with-bipartisan-respect-who-sees-true-nature-of-regime\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T05:10:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T09:10:06","slug":"blinkens-new-china-point-man-veteran-with-bipartisan-respect-who-sees-true-nature-of-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinkens-new-china-point-man-veteran-with-bipartisan-respect-who-sees-true-nature-of-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken&#8217;s China expert: Respected veteran who understands the &#8216;real regime&#8217;"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fblinkens-new-china-point-man-veteran-with-bipartisan-respect-who-sees-true-nature-of-regime%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=2020055&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>Secretary of State Antony Blinken Turns to Mark Lambert to Lead Diplomatic Office on China<\/h2>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to appoint Mark Lambert, a seasoned diplomat known for his ability to rally allies against threats from China, as a key leader in \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinkens-new-china-point-man-veteran-with-bipartisan-respect-who-sees-true-nature-of-regime\/\" title=\"Blinken's China expert: Respected veteran who understands the 'real regime'\">newly established \u200cdiplomatic office aimed<\/a> at coordinating State \u2062Department policy towards the communist \u2064power.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe brings a lot of expertise to the position, great understanding of the \u2063true \u200cnature of the China\u200c regime,\u201d a longtime Korea watcher who \u200ddiscussed Lambert on condition of anonymity told \u2062the Washington \u200bExaminer. \u201cHe&#8217;ll be a stalwart defender of U.S. policy and U.S. values. So, choosing him for the \u200cposition is a very wise one, and he will be very helpful in forwarding \u2062U.S. strategic objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A \u200dprominent role in the Office of China Coordination, also known\u200d as\u2063 \u201cChina House,\u201d will be \u2064a familiar undertaking for Lambert, who \u2062currently serves as the lead deputy assistant secretary for Japanese affairs, Korean affairs, Mongolian affairs, \u200band several other\u200b Indo-Pacific countries. Lambert has gained the trust of both Republicans and Democrats as he works\u2063 towards expanding a U.S.-led coalition to counter the combined challenge posed \u2064by China and \u2062Russia.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe have never seen a threat this large [of a] scale to Europe and the Pacific, I would argue, since World \u200bWar II,\u201d House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) said Friday while traveling in Sweden.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lambert\u200b has dedicated the past \u200dfew years of his career to\u200b addressing the challenges posed by China. As a career foreign\u2063 service officer, he has served two diplomatic tours in Beijing and has also worked in \u200cthree other Asian \u200dcountries. \u200bLambert&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ketanji-brown-jackson-five-things-to-know-about-bidens-scotus-pick\/\" title=\"Ketanji Brown Jackson: Five Things To Know About Biden\u2019s SCOTUS Pick\">experience includes serving<\/a>\u200d as\u200b a political counselor in Vietnam under then-Ambassador Daniel Kritenbrink,\u2062 who \u200ccurrently holds a senior position in the State Department \u200dfor East \u2064Asia and Pacific Affairs. More \u2062recently, Lambert has focused on strengthening U.S. relations with\u200b Japan and South Korea, two crucial allies in the American alliance\u2064 network who have \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcauliffe-staffer-says-fck-off-to-reporter-asking-questions\/\" title=\"McAuliffe Staffer Says \u2018F*ck Off\u2019 to Reporter Asking Questions\">made significant strides<\/a> in cooperation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are talking \u2063with our \u200dfriends and partners, including the Republic of Korea, to make sure that we&#8217;re very sober-eyed \u2064about the situation in the PRC,\u201d Lambert said \u200din a December\u2062 appearance on a Center for Strategy \u2064and International Studies podcast. \u201cOur two closest allies at all\u200d levels seem to\u2064 be dedicated to coming up with an arrangement that will allow them \u2064to move\u200d forward. I&#8217;m cautioned more than cautiously optimistic \u200bthat their wisdom will prevail and they will come through with some sort \u2063of agreement sometime in the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lambert&#8217;s optimistic forecast was validated by a historic summit last month, where President Joe Biden\u2062 hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President \u2063Yoon Suk \u2064Yeol at Camp David. This effort to mend fences aligns with Lambert&#8217;s\u200c previous work in\u2062 Hanoi, where he played a key role in devising a South China Sea maritime strategy and significantly improving U.S. relations with Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who declared that \u201cBeijing\u2019s claims to offshore resources across most of the \u200cSouth China Sea are completely unlawful, as is \u2063its campaign of bullying to control\u200b them,\u201d appointed Lambert as a special envoy for North Korea and a special envoy for United \u2063Nations integrity. The latter role involved \u200dcountering Chinese\u200d Communist influence at \u2062the United Nations, including preventing China&#8217;s nominee \u200dfrom leading the World Intellectual Property Organization.<\/p>\n<p>While Reuters reported Lambert&#8217;s appointment, the State Department has not yet confirmed the personnel move publicly, and the specific division of responsibilities between Lambert and Kritenbrink remains unclear. Lambert is expected to replace\u2062 his former colleague, Rick Waters, who stepped down as head of \u201cChina House\u201d in May and subsequently left the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-revives-false-claim-he-was-shot-at-while-overseas\/\" title=\"Joe Biden revives false claim he was \u2018shot at\u2019 while overseas\">foreign service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHaving someone like Mark who is well versed in working with our allies, as well as his deep expertise on North Korea and China, I think will be an effective combination,\u201d the longtime Korea watcher\u200d told the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to appoint Mark Lambert, an experienced diplomat adept at uniting allies against China, as a prominent figure in a fresh diplomatic office. This office aims to synchronize State Department policies concerning the communist nation. Lambert&#8217;s extensive knowledge makes him an ideal candidate for the role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2020056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2020055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}