The ongoing standoff in eastern Ladakh has significantly strained New Delhi-Beijing ties
Washington:
China has “attempted to take” control of the Line of Effective Control (LAC) with India “by force” as part of its territorial aggression, the US national security adviser said, stressing that the moment has come to accept that the dialogue and agreements not persuade Beijing to change.
India and China are locked in a tense five-month standoff in eastern Ladakh that has severely strained relations between New Delhi and Beijing. The two sides held a series of high-level diplomatic and military talks to resolve the border dispute. However, no progress has been made to end the impasse.
“The Chinese Communist Party’s territorial aggression is also apparent at its Indian border where China attempted to take control of the effective line of control by force,” US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien said in a note on China earlier this week in Utah.
China’s territorial aggression is also true in the Taiwan Strait, where the PLA’s (People’s Liberation Army) Navy and Air Force continue to conduct threatening military exercises, O said. ‘Brien.
“Beijing’s signature international development program, One Belt One Road (OBOR), involves poor companies taking out opaque and unsustainable Chinese loans to pay Chinese companies employing Chinese workers to build their infrastructure,” he said. he declares.
Many of these projects are unnecessary, poorly constructed and are “white elephants,” the US national security adviser said.
“And now these countries’ dependence on Chinese debt leaves their sovereignty eroded and has no choice but to conform to the party line on UN votes or any other an issue that the Chinese Communist Party sees as a red line, ”he said.
Mr. O’Brien also noted that China’s other international aid efforts include selling similar surveillance systems and tools of repression to “pariah regimes” around the world, including Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro.
“The time has come to accept that dialogue and agreements will neither persuade nor force the People’s Republic of China to change. There is nothing to be gained by looking the other way or turning the other cheek . We’ve been doing this for too long, ”he said.
Mr. O’Brien said the United States must stand up to the Chinese and protect the American people.
“We must promote American prosperity, practice peace by force and advance American influence in the world,” he said, adding that under President Donald Trump’s leadership, this is exactly what the United States did.
Mr O’Brien said the Trump administration has taken a competitive approach from China.
This approach, he said, has two main objectives. First, improve the resilience of US institutions, alliances and partnerships to overcome the challenges that China presents; and the second is to impose a tangible cost in order to compel Beijing to cease or reduce actions harmful to America’s vital national interest and those of its allied and partner countries.
“President Trump has taken decisive action to achieve these goals. He is working to stop companies that respond to the Chinese Communist Party’s intelligence and security apparatus,” O’Brien said.
Citing examples, he said Chinese telecommunications giants Huawei and ZTE had been barred from accessing Americans’ personal and private data and national secrets. The Trump administration, he said, also imposed import and export restrictions on U.S. semiconductor technology and other exports to Huawei and similar Chinese telecommunications companies. .
Our democratic partners are starting to follow. Last month, the UK joined democracies such as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Sweden in pledging to use trusted vendors to build their future 5G networks, Mr. O’Brien said.
“Carriers like Jio in India, Telstra in Australia, SK and KT in South Korea, NTT in Japan and others have banned the use of Huawei equipment in their networks. The Trump administration is aggressively investigating and prosecuting economic espionage, ”he said. .
Mr O’Brien said the Trump administration has strengthened its military ties in the Indo-Pacific region.
“An important partnership that will be one of the most important partnerships for the United States in the 21st century, India, is in full swing,” he said.
He also noted that the United States had signed extended military access to Singapore air and naval bases. The country is also working closely with Japan, Australia and New Zealand to strengthen relations with the Pacific Islands, in particular Timor. It also works closely with Mongolia.
However, Mr. O’Brien said that while the United States competes with China, it welcomes cooperation where American interests align.
“The United States has a deep and constant respect for the Chinese people and has long-standing ties with this country, including our alliance during World War II,” Mr. O’Brien said.
