China has been an aggressor against India along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), says a top US diplomat nominated by President Joe Biden as his next envoy to Beijing.
Nicholas Burns told the members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the United States will challenge China where it must, including when Beijing takes actions that are against America’s values and interests and threaten the security of the United States or its allies and partners or undermine the rules-based international orders.
“Beijing has been an aggressor against India along their Himalayan border, against Vietnam, the Philippines, and others in the South China Sea, against Japan in the East China Sea, and has launched an intimidation campaign against Australia and Lithuania,” Burns said.
He also added that the Chinese genocide in Xinjiang and abuses in Tibet, the smothering of Hong Kong’s autonomy and freedoms, and the bullying of Taiwan are unfair and must stop immediately.
