‘Dictator’ Xi: How China could react to Biden’s jab

Key Facts

• MILES YU, director of the China Center at Hudson Institute, was happy to hear Biden’s comment “even though it was most likely a gaffe, because candor and straightforwardness are crucial in dealing” with the Chinese Communist Party, he told NatSec Daily.
• It’s possible that Blinken’s visit was a stepping stone to a summit between Biden and Xi, Chivvis added, but “that’s going to be all the more difficult now because it’s going to be hard for Xi to sit down next to Biden after he’s made this kind of comment.”
• The massive theft in March, which included enough supplies to feed 134,000 people in a month and may have involved some senior Ethiopian officials, could be the largest diversion of food aid in any country ever, U.S. aid officials said at a private meeting last week.
• Leading up to the event, her campaign team noted a number of stances she has taken to counter China, which include calling for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics in 2021, penning op-eds criticizing American corporations for being involved with China and warning of the threats posed by Beijing, and convincing China and Russia to sign onto the “toughest set of sanctions ever against North Korea.”

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