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Ambassador nominee urges communication and alliances to reduce China risks as senator lists abuses
Summary
During a Senate confirmation exchange, an unnamed senator accused China of seeking global dominance and alleged human-rights abuses; the ambassador nominee said U.S.-China relations are different than in prior decades, stressed channels to avoid accidental conflict, and urged working closely with allies.
An unidentified senator pressed an ambassador nominee during a Senate confirmation hearing about China’s global ambitions and human-rights record, saying Beijing "seek[s] to replace us as the global leader" and listing censorship, intellectual property theft, treaty breaches, repression of religion, social-monitoring systems and, in explicit terms, "committing genocide." The senator tied those allegations to a question about whether the United States still has leverage to influence Chinese behavior.
The ambassador nominee responded that U.S.-China…
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