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News video: Elon Musk and Matt Taibi revealed today that the FBI paid Twitter millions dollars to censor information from the public 今天透露，FBI 向 Twitter 支付了數百萬美元來審查來自公眾的信息.

https://rumble.com/v21ohn0-fbi-paid-twitter-millions-dollars-to-censor-information-from-the-public.html
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=859020661987927&id=100036400039778&mibextid=qC1gEa

The main difference between the Chinese and American the government :

• the Chinese government is comfortable with censoring its media to protect its population from Western MSM lies such as the fake Uyghur genocide, the fake massacre of Tiananmen, etc. It is honest with the people. You can use a VPN if you really want to read Western news and media, at your own peril
• the US government lies to its people. It falsely pretends to champion freedom of speech while secretly censoring information. Unlike the Chinese government, it is tirelessly criticising the freedom of speech in other countries

Have you noticed that almost all Western MSM are silent about the Twitter files ?

Elon Musk 和 Matt Taibi 今天透露，FBI 向 Twitter 支付了數百萬美元來審查來自公眾的信息。

中美政府的主要區別：

• 中國政府樂於審查其媒體，以保護其人民免受西方 MSM 謊言的影響，例如虛假的維吾爾族種族滅絕、虛假的天安門大屠殺等。它對人民誠實。 如果你真的想閱讀西方新聞和媒體，你可以使用 VPN，後果自負
• 美國政府對其人民撒謊。 它假裝捍衛言論自由，同時暗中審查信息。 與中國政府不同，它不厭其煩地批評其他國家的言論自由

您是否注意到幾乎所有西方 MSM 都對 Twitter 文件保持沉默？

When China was weak. AngloSaxon racists steamrolled over Chinese like garbage with absolutely no consequences, US even passing the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act to impressed the world still inforce today disguised under various fancy names.

Now China is much stronger, the same AngloSaxon racists hide behind homeland security lies. It is the same bottle just different wines. Chinese in US has overstayed their welcome in this foster home. 1000s of smart educated with special technical skills and dignity are leaving America every month.

中國弱的時候。 西人種族主義者像對待垃圾一樣對待中國人，完全沒有任何後果，美國甚至通過了 1882 年的《排華法案》，以給世界留下深刻印象，這些法案今天仍然以各種花哨的名字偽裝。

現在中國強大得多，同樣的西人種族主義者隱藏在國土安全謊言的背後。 這是同一瓶不同的酒。 在美國的華人在這個美國寄養家庭中已經過了他們的歡迎期。 每月都有數千名受過特殊技術技能和教育懂得什麼是尊嚴的聰明的中國人離開美國.

Live cast: 12-20-2022 9-10am San Francisco, topic China’s Middle East strategy after World Cup 時事觀察集結號: 世界杯後中國的中東佈局
https://youtu.be/u6YrxCCcn4w
主講嘉賓：香港作家、專業時事評論員 余 非
主持：星島日報美西版社長兼總編輯 梁建鋒

English video: US Corp destroyed agriculture & food in Africa and Europe for profit 美國公司為了利潤摧毀了非洲和歐洲的農業和食品 US Corp destroyed agriculture & food in Africa
https://rumble.com/v21j7yy-us-corp-destroyed-agriculture-and-food-in-africa-and-europe-for-profit.html
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=858339522056041&id=100036400039778&mibextid=qC1gEa

English video: US Corp destroyed agriculture & food in Africa and Europe for profit 美國公司為了利潤摧毀了非洲和歐洲的農業和食品
https://rumble.com/v21j7yy-us-corp-destroyed-agriculture-and-food-in-africa-and-europe-for-profit.html
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=858339522056041&id=100036400039778&mibextid=qC1gEa

Video: UK’s secret betrayal, never acknowledge 1,000 of Chinese helped with war efforts with little pay, forced repatriation of Chinese sailors after WWII, disappeared overnight breaking up families 英國的秘密背叛，從不承認 1000 名中國人以微薄的報酬幫助戰爭，二戰後中國水手被迫遣返，一夜之間失踪導致家庭破裂

CGTN digs into a dark chapter of the #UK’s wartime history, where racial prejudice in some of the highest echelons of government resulted in broken families, lost heritage and a fight to make British authorities apologize for a shameful past. The Chinese sailors, who once braved the stormy seas and battlefronts of the North Atlantic to keep Allied forces supplied during the Second World War, were forcibly repatriated when the war ended. Hundreds of men vanished overnight, leaving behind wives, partners and children without any explanation of where they had gone and why. CGTN speaks to sons, daughters and grandchildren of the sailors about the tragedy in the documentary “The Secret Betrayal.” CGTN 深入探討了#UK 戰時歷史的黑暗篇章，政府一些最高層的種族偏見導致家庭破裂、遺失遺產以及為讓英國當局為可恥的過去道歉而進行的鬥爭。 第二次世界大戰期間，曾冒著波濤洶湧的大海和北大西洋前線為盟軍提供補給的中國水手，在戰爭結束時被強行遣返。 成百上千的男人一夜之間消失了，留下了妻子、伴侶和孩子，沒有任何關於他們去哪里和為什麼的解釋。 CGTN 就紀錄片《秘密的背叛》中的悲劇向水手的兒子、女兒和孫輩講述

Economist: How China’s Sinovac compares with BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine. Here’s a recent study. China’s Sinovac at 3 jabs is as good as anything out there. by KJ of SF Bay Area China Group 12/19/23

https://archive.vn/TY9if

The inactivated virus includes the spike. However, the M-RNA vaccines only had the spike, resulting in vaccine-evading variants. The variations can then be re-programmed into the m-RNA vaccine, but it’s a much slower process with inactivated variants.

Also, I believe the m-RNA vaccines are more harmful and shocking to the body. They create more side-effects, but they also create higher levels of T cells.

Professor John Wash, MD in SF: Sinovac vaccines and especially the account in the Economist where the graphic presentation is superb, much better than what I saw in a quick look at the paper referred to.

Also it makes clear why there has been a hard push to get the population boostered. It is strange to me that for those who have received the first shot, there is more hesitation about the second and more still with the third, etc. I would have thought that once someone saw the first shot was benign that the second would come easier etc.
In terms of the politics, I am most concerned that the West will now try to sell the Zero Covid policy as a failure. It was not. Not only did it save lives and keep the economy going but it bought time for vaccines and antivirals to be developed. Now they are in hand and let us hope that they can be deployed quickly enough.

English video: AFRICA REJECTS US’ BLANK CHECK, Biden became the loser of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. 非洲拒絕美國的空頭支票，拜登成為美非領導人峰會的輸家.

https://rumble.com/v21iuf6-africa-rejects-us-blank-check.html
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=858284138728246&id=100036400039778&mibextid=qC1gEa

A three-day U.S.-Africa summit came to a close on Dec. 15. A White House statement said the U.S.-Africa Summit in Washington underscored the U.S. commitment to broaden and deepen its partnership with African countries, institutions and people. The Biden administration plans to work closely with Congress to invest at least $55 billion in Africa over the next three years. The United States will also appoint a new special representative of the president to follow through on the summit’s commitments.

President Joe Biden did not mention China in his speech at the U.S.-Africa summit, and a White House spokesman refused to acknowledge that the summit was intended to “counter Chinese influence in Africa. However, international public opinion is not optimistic about the U.S.-Africa summit, believing that the U.S. has suddenly changed its previously neglected attitude and started to pay attention to Africa, with the real intention of turning Africa into an arena for great power games and pointing the finger at China.

為期三天的美非峰會於 12 月 15 日閉幕。白宮的一份聲明說，在華盛頓舉行的美非峰會強調了美國致力於擴大和深化與非洲國家、機構和人民的伙伴關係。 拜登政府計劃與國會密切合作，在未來三年內在非洲投資至少 550 億美元。 美國還將任命一位新的總統特別代表，以落實峰會的承諾。

美國總統拜登在美非峰會上的講話中未提及中國，白宮發言人拒絕承認此次峰會意在“對抗中國在非洲的影響力”，但國際輿論並不看好美國—— 非洲首腦會議，認為美國突然改變先前被忽視的態度，開始關注非洲，其真實意圖是將非洲變成大國博弈的舞台，並將矛頭指向中國。

American Kail donated the photo album of the Nanjing Massacre to China received death threats, he withstood the pressure of suffocation: I will do the right thing 美国小哥将南京大屠杀相册捐给中国！遭死亡威胁和监控，他顶住窒息压力：我要做对的事

11月中旬，他终于成功将相册赠予中国博物馆。这本珍贵的相册正式回到中国！

在一切都尘埃落定后，小哥才透露了两个多月里自己经历了一系列阻碍和艰难：他被死亡威胁，造谣网暴，被可疑人员监视、搞小动作。他每天穿着防弹背心，终于完成了自己交接相册的使命。

无数的艰难，也让Kail和这本相册的故事变得更加珍贵。

先稍微回顾一下事情的原委。今年8月，Kail，一名典当行的老板，同时也是一个有不少粉丝的视频博主，从客人那里收到了一本贴满中国相关内容的相册。

相册原本属于一名美国海军，这个人的遗孀在丈夫去世后为了还其他人人情，以物代偿还把这本相册送给了另一名男子。男子恰好是一名军事爱好者，所以一直收藏着相册。

今年8月男子去世，他的儿子才把相册寄到典当行，想把它卖掉。

Kail一开始觉得这只是一本老相册，就没有和卖家确认详细内容。

然而收到相册的那天，他和在店里的朋友一起翻看，两个人都惊呆了，相册里处处是残暴血腥的屠杀场景。他们没能坚持看完整个相册就把它收起来了。

Kail非常慌乱，他看到许多照片下标注着“nanjing”，认为相册与南京大屠杀有关，并且因为照片质量极高，他认为这可能是未公开过的第一手资料。

Kail知道这种东西是文物，不应该流入市场。他前两天都没有睡好觉，不知道是该把相册退回给卖家，还是先找人鉴定相册里的内容。

在经过了一些挣扎后，他决定拍个视频让大家一起出出主意，这个视频一炮而红，在美国引起了强烈关注。

美国人多数对于他提到的南京大屠杀感到陌生，其中包括kail的员工，这让小哥非常震惊。

在他眼里，这是等同于纳粹屠杀犹太人一般的历史大事件，是人类共同的悲剧。这更让他确定了要把相册捐给博物馆的想法。

他说：“你不能去衡量谁比谁更邪恶，邪恶就是邪恶，不应该分轻重，应该被一视同仁”。

在挣扎后，他花了1000多美元从卖家手里买下相册，以保证相册会被交给正确的人。他还花了1000美元扫描电子文件，以留存证据。

这对他来说是一笔大钱，一个月的生意基本上是白做了，他面临着生活和精神上的两种压力。

不过更令kail难过的是，他多次联系当地博物馆，他们却都在无视kail，完全没有把相册的事情当回事，搞的他很无助。

所以他才拍了第二条视频，希望热度上来后能得到专家的关注，赶紧告诉他该怎么办。第二个视频拍摄还很不顺利，反复拍摄剪辑了一整天，把小哥给整崩溃了。

更让他崩溃的是，在第二个视频发布后，网上突然出现了一批污蔑他的人。

有人在网上说，相册里的一些照片被证实并不是拍摄于南京，而是拍摄于上海，还有一些照片的时代跨度太大，可能并不像kail说的那样完全是关于南京大屠杀的。

于是不了解事件全貌的人，和一些别有用心的人说他是骗子，为了流量编故事。

kail直到把相册交给中国后才为自己正名，因为他不想拍太多视频消费这件事。

Kail解释称他并不是故意胡说。他看了照片受到严重冲击，又得不到专家的帮助，他的卖家又在催他归还相册，他在紧急情况下拍了视频，认为这些照片是南京大屠杀的一手史料。（但其实大部分血腥的照片是发生在上海南京路的另一场惨案）

这的确是难为他了，外国人很难会想到上海有个南京路吧。

事情发酵一个月后，他被非常多人，包括一些右翼白人、所谓的历史大v，甚至喜剧明星攻击。他还受到了非常多威胁，禁止他继续谈论这件事，其中不乏一些声称“大屠杀是虚构”的日本人。

他在网上反驳那些说他把东西捐给中国是“叛徒”的白人键盘侠，说他们应该为自己的狭隘感到耻辱，因为真正在这场战争中受害的中国，始终都对他投来的是善意和感谢。

Kail在视频日记里说：我知道做这个事左右不是人，肯定会遭人恨，但也可能会成为英雄，所以我还是想做正确的事。

他说自己虽然做博主很多年了，有一颗大心脏，但现在他有些承受不住这件事带来的重量。

他的妈妈哭着打电话过来，告诉kail她收到了死亡威胁他们家的信息，要kail报警保护自己。

但警察很难理解他口中的南京大屠杀为什么会给他带来这样大的争议，也懒得去理解。孤立无援的Kail也很害怕，他开始随身带枪，并且买了防弹背心每天穿着。

有一些来路不明的人会堵在他店门口要求看相册。

kail还在店门口发现了一辆停了一周的车。它虽然伪装成了电力公司的货车，其实里面蹲着的是几个FBI。他也不知道他们在监视他什么，总之每天都提心吊胆的。

但同时，他也收到了来自中国网友和当地华人送来的鲜花、感谢和拥抱。很多中国网友告诉他：就算图片不是关于南京大屠杀的，我们也感谢你传播了南京大屠杀相关的知识。

这些中国网友让他感动流泪，在视频里回忆起这段经历时，kail也是眼眶通红。

后来，店里还出现了奇怪的事。一名鬼祟的亚裔男子跑到他的店里，故意拿一些不值钱的东西要他验货，然后找了两三次借口拖延时间，要留在kail的店里。

kail觉得男子太不太对劲，把他请了出去。男子走时非常匆忙差点忘了带手机，还左顾右盼想在店里看看。

监控录像中可以明显看出来，当这名男子走进店内时，监控出现了严重卡顿，kail把他送出去后，也跟朋友说：“他好像在黑我们的wifi”。

亚裔男子被赶出去后，仍在门口站了1个多小时，直到kail再次警告他再不走就要报警了，男子又躲进车里偷拍kail的店。

kail不知道这名男子是谁派来的，警察也不愿意管。他那天因为太害怕，不得不闭店一天。

到了9月，kail终于得到了几个博物馆的回应，他们愿意接收这个史料。但这天之后，网上突然有许多人骂他自我炒作、杜撰了很多他的黑料。

这些博物馆在网络风波后就全消失了，一个都没有来跟他交接。

9月9日，kail终于得到了大学专业人士和博物馆工作者的帮助，但两个专家只愿意来到店里帮他浅看了一下相册的真伪，他们要求匿名以免被牵连。

可见他们知道帮助宣传南京大屠杀真相会给普通人带来怎样的压力和危险。

工作人员拿一本博物馆收藏的海军相册与kail的做对比。工作人员认为里面有大量照片是一手资料，还有一部分是士兵买来做纪念品的翻版照片。

他们确认了一些翻版照片，这些照片的大小，角度都完全一致，属于批量印刷。但仍然有许多残忍的平民遇害图片无法鉴别，有可能是一手资料。

专家认为这本相册绝对不是kail自己搞出来的假货，里面收藏复制照片的行为在当年的美军里非常常见。市面上可能还有很多这样的相册，里面很可能有未被发掘的残忍证据。

kail是个知错就改的人，他在采访中特意向中国的网友道歉，他觉得自己当时用了比较确定的语气说这本相册里有关于南京大屠杀的一手资料，让网友们有了虚假的期待。

但他并不后悔发那些视频，因为至少他让不少美国人知道了南京大屠杀这件事。

9月中旬，kail表示自己压力过大需要去看心理医生，他找不到愿意接手相册的合适人选，每天都担心这本相册放在他这里会被人偷走毁掉。

这样不光珍贵的史料无法保存，他的清白也没法证明了。

终于，中国博物馆联系到了他，他也毫不犹豫决定把相册捐赠给中国，因为中国人才是最珍视，最需要这本相册的人。

kail表示他的奶奶经历了二战后，半生受到ptsd的摧残。他能想象中国民众，在抗日战争后延续了几代人也无法忘却的痛苦。

不过他请的律师也不给力，还教训他让他别瞎说话，搞得他很害怕，所以中间出现了几次混乱。当时的视频显示kail的脸色不太好，黑眼圈很严重。

11月，小哥成功与中国博物馆商讨了捐赠流程，他对终于可以完成自己的使命感到开心。

虽然他不认为这本相册会带来什么惊天大发现，但如果能起到一点点拨云见日的作用，他就很满足了。

kail说自己只是一个夹在人类最黑暗历史中，受到强烈挤压和震撼的小人物。他边签署捐赠协议边轻声说：中国朋友们，希望你们不要忘了这件事。

而中国的网友们则在视频下面回复他：我们不会忘记南京大屠杀，也不会忘记你。

2022年11月16日，捐赠仪式到来。小哥非常郑重地准备了礼盒把相册装起来，还写了一封给中国博物馆的信。对于他来说，一段难忘的经历就要结束了。

小哥穿了正式的西装，他开玩笑说上次来的时候，他因为被死亡威胁，吓得穿着防弹衣去见了中国工作人员们，把中国人看懵了。

这次他终于松了一口气。

kail在中国代表的见证下阅读了他写好的信：

“发布视频后我在评论区中看到了很多人对南京大屠杀的无知，因此我反复向人们强调记住这段历史的重要性。

令我吃惊的是，一些来我店里和我交流这件事的中国人都非常年轻，许多比我都小，但我仍能从他们眼中，看到这场几十年前的战争带给他们的创伤。

是他们鼓励了我，让我有力量完成这件事。”

“我很难过在捐赠的过程中不断有人造谣，质疑事情的真实性。

其实这件事情很简单，2022年8月29日，我收到了一本人类历史的碎片，把我带到了从业生涯中最艰难的道德困境。

在鉴定的过程中我犯了一些错误，花了一些时间才找到正确的指导…

这本相册的拍摄者是一名美国军人，但照片大多数拍摄于中国，因此我认为当下最正确的决定，就是将它归还给中国。”

“这本相册在社交媒体上让一些网友接触到了大屠杀的历史，我也希望它能对中国的历史教育贡献一份力量。

我愿意以和平、和谐、友谊的名义，将这本相册捐赠给中国。”

他惊讶于中国对这件事的重视程度，代表们为了这本相册专门从别的城市赶来，在镜头前念了中国驻芝加哥领事馆给他写的感谢信，并表示要把它裱起来做传家宝。

小哥还收到了中国官方送给他的“国礼瓷器”，这种瓷器是我们赠送给国家首脑等重要人物的礼品，是绝对的无价之宝。

小哥当时完全没有意识到这个瓷器的价值，以为只是精美的工艺品，不光拍视频展示了一下，还大大咧咧摆在店里了好几天。

看到中国网友疯狂私信他说，这个国宝历史上只给过三位平民。一个是白求恩，一个是拉贝，还有一个就是他。

小哥震惊得表示，中国人也太谦虚低调了，领事们完全没跟他说这东西的价值。

中国人的大方着实让kail开眼界了。他认为自己只是做了一些微小的贡献，完全没有期待得到什么回报，结果收到了中国至高无上的回馈，已经不知道说什么好了。（后来他妥妥把无价之宝放回家供起来了）。

这件事情终于完美落幕，但围绕着kail的骂声没有结束。仍然有美国人恶意揣测中国送给kail的瓷器是“劣质品”，还有网友至今在质疑南京大屠杀的真实性。

kail在最后一则视频里推荐了专业梳理南京大屠杀的历史博主，希望美国人能够受到教育，不要老做没文化又丢脸的事。

kail坦言，这本相册在身边的两个月让他不堪重负，他感受到了责任，也感受到了一些人的恶意。让南京大屠杀的史实受到世界广泛的认可，可能比我们想象中更难。

我们难以想象如张纯如女士等敢于站出来，在国际上指责日本暴行的人，经受了怎样的骚扰和折磨。我们难以想象每一个南京大屠杀的史料是在怎样的高压下被保存下来的。

我们更没有办法想象那场浩劫的幸存者们，是怎样坚强地一次次提起可怕的往事，只为了让我们记住那段历史。

也许kail的这本相册中没有我们期待的南京大屠杀全新史料，但它在互联网的洪流中，成为了一个历史符号。每当这一代的网友看到它，就可能会想起“南京大屠杀”这几个字。

这至少给了人们认识南京大屠杀的机会。kail的坚持，绝不是无用功。

今天，是南京大屠杀85周年，希望终有一天，日本曾犯下的罪行和中国人民受过的苦难会得到全世界的重视，希望总有一天，死难者和家属们能等来日本迟到的谢罪。

逝者安息，勿忘国耻。

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This individual (Rick Waters) will be heading the newly created “China House” within the State department. This is a newly created division to coordinate strategy against China. By KJ of SF Bay Area China Group 12/19/23

This is a 4 min video of him speaking.
Your candid impressions and observations would be appreciated.

The language, for me, was pretty standard boilerplate from the SD.

However, I watched it carefully, and his body language and expressions caught my eye: they are chilling to watch and listen to.

He is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific (notice, it is not “indo-pacific” at SD despite their constantly going on about the Indo-pacific).

Despite just reciting SD boilerplate, there is an air of menace about him.

It seems to me like he is auditioning to be an understudy for Anthony Hopkins (“Hannibal Lecter”) in “The silence of the lambs”.

I was trying to figure out why.

First, he seems to have no ventral vagal innervation (the vagal nerve facilitates human-to-human engagement by animating the voice, the eyes, the facial muscles, giving energy, warmth, and human expressions. He, on the contrary, is like a lizard.

Second, I counted his blink rate. A normal human blink rate is once 3-5 secs. There is a period where he goes 30 seconds without blinking.

He also says: “The US welcomes legitimate students and scholars from China…” (i.e. some of you are not legitimate).

Disturbing.

Anyway, here’s more about the new division in the SD and the response from China.

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State Dept on China House: https://www.state.gov/secretary-blinken-launches-the-office-of-china-coordination/

China House will ensure the U.S. government is able to responsibly manage our competition with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and advance our vision for an open, inclusive international system. Our goal in creating China House is to help deliver on elements of the Administration’s approach to the PRC.

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Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/16/biden-china-house-beijing-00074262

The Biden administration on Friday launched “China House,” the centerpiece of its effort to strengthen its diplomatic heft in its global rivalry with Beijing.

The State Department-based unit is designed to eliminate silos among sometimes redundant government bodies, giving U.S. officials from within State and beyond a central clearinghouse to share information and shape policy on China, State officials told POLITICO in an exclusive preview.

The establishment of China House reflects the sense inside President Joe Biden’s team that the existing U.S. bureaucracy isn’t nimble enough to combat the multitude of challenges from communist-led China — ranging from trade to military power.

While it is essentially an internal reorganization, the creation of the unit has faced hurdles. Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho, the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, refused to sign off on the proposal for months, with his spokesperson saying it was structured as a “bureaucratic power grab.”

China House — formally known as the Office of China Coordination — replaces the China Desk in the State Department’s East Asian and Pacific Affairs bureau. The new entity will employ roughly 60 to 70 personnel, including liaisons from other parts of the department such as the Africa and Latin America bureaus, as well as people detailed from other U.S. departments and agencies who may focus on topics such as technology or economic policy.

“The sheer scale, scope, complexity and stakes of the China challenge required us to think, collaborate, organize and act differently,” a senior State Department official said. “It could not be managed alone through the bilateral desk approach.” The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussion involved sensitive diplomatic matters.

“China House will deepen our capacity to share information, sharpen our messaging, and adjust to breaking developments in real-time,” Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is due to tell State Department staffers on Friday, according to a draft note.

China is already investing heavily in its own diplomatic machine. It now has more diplomatic facilities overseas than the United States, according to one survey. Beijing’s spending on diplomacy has also soared in recent years and analysts say that has helped boost the quality and assertiveness of its diplomats.

U.S. spending on diplomacy, meanwhile, has remained effectively flat, as has the size of the U.S. Foreign Service, while funding, security and other factors have stymied America’s diplomatic presence.

The State Department plans won’t require new funding. Officials building it said they hope it will allow them to overcome bureaucratic hurdles that have excluded key personnel from policymaking processes and prevented information and analysis from reaching relevant diplomatic outposts and government agencies.

“The fact that we’re going to have a single, secure facility where the vast majority of people can be in at one time and participate in one conversation — I can’t overestimate to you how important that is,” the senior State Department official said. “We have not traditionally brought up our teams across the department in this way to do this kind of work.”

China House will be physically located inside the State Department’s headquarters in Foggy Bottom. It will have three main teams: one focused on traditional bilateral affairs; one that deals with strategic communications; and one dubbed a “global” team, which focuses on Chinese activity beyond China. A deputy assistant secretary, Rick Waters, will oversee China House as its inaugural coordinator, reporting to Assistant Secretary of State Dan Kritenbrink as well as Sherman, who oversees a high-level strategy group on China.

Former State Department officials, though broadly supportive of the need for greater resources targeting China, have warned that the China House may create a new layer of bureaucracy that will impede rather than improve efficient and timely State Department monitoring and analysis of Beijing’s activities.

Risch, at least, has been convinced otherwise. This month he announced that the State Department had made changes or pledges that allayed his concerns about its structure or who was in charge. For instance, the department agreed it would not give certain China House-related authorities to people who were not confirmed by the Senate, according to Risch.

Although they were eager to promote their plans for China House, State Department officials stressed that the overall U.S. strategy toward Beijing was about more than one unit. China House is “not the solution to upping the State Department’s game on China … it’s just part of a broader effort,” the official said.

Other steps being taken by the United States include promising to focus more on the economic side of diplomacy, an area the Chinese government prioritizes. They also include posting “regional China officers” throughout the world to monitor Chinese activity.

A test of China House’s success will be if “ambassadors in the field say, ‘I can plug in, access and benefit from the work of China House in my day to day work ‘ [whether they’re] in Riyadh, [United Arab Emirates], or South Africa,” the senior State Department official said.

Global Times: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202212/1282115.shtml

This is evidently a step forward of the US government in an attempt to have more intense competition with China rather than cooperation, embodying that the Biden administration has pushed its China policy to a more dangerous zone.

A unit like the “China House” is not new. In October 2021, the CIA created a China Mission Center. And US President Joe Biden in February 2021 announced the formation of a Department of Defense China Task Force. Despite having different names, in essence, their functions are almost the same – to promote internal coordination and hype the so-called China threat theory, in a bid to contain China.

The creation of a unit focused on China by multiple departments in the US demonstrates that the US positioning of its relations with China is confrontation, instead of win-win cooperation that China has underlined. The US will go further on the road in antagonizing China.

Today, when the US holds summits with ASEAN, the EU, or African leaders, it will directly or indirectly involve the theme of confronting China. With the creation of units focusing on China, experts anticipate that US promotion of competition with China on bilateral, regional and global basis will become even more worrying. Notably, it may continue to demonize China in public opinion, distort China’s contribution to the international community, and further rope in its allies to contain China.

The launch of units focusing on China will be a big blow to China-US relations. In this context, current anti-China hysteria may become the mainstream of these departments of the US government. This will prevent all walks of life in the US from having an accurate understanding of China, and will not be conducive to the stability of China-US ties.

Blinken announced the creation of China House in May. And he called China the “most serious long-term threat” to the world order. How has China threatened the world order? What has triggered the US to use such rhetoric is its belief that China has challenged its global hegemony. In light of this, Washington intends to do everything possible to hinder China’s development and curb China’s influence. The international community should not have illusions that the US will sincerely seek cooperation with China.

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