{"id":38696,"date":"2018-10-04T11:46:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T16:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=38696"},"modified":"2018-10-04T11:46:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T16:46:59","slug":"step-aside-russia-pence-accuses-china-of-meddling-in-american-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=38696","title":{"rendered":"Step Aside Russia: Pence Accuses China Of “Meddling In American Democracy”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Step Aside Russia: Pence Accuses China Of “Meddling In American Democracy”<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Update:<\/strong><\/u> Highlights from Pence’s speech (via Bloomberg):<\/p>\n

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  • *PENCE SAYS TRUMP HAS MADE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA `A PRIORITY’<\/li>\n
  • *PENCE: CHINA USING WHOLE-OF-GOVT APPROACH TO INFLUENCE U.S.<\/li>\n
  • *PENCE: HOPE THAT FREEDOM IN CHINA WOULD EXPAND WENT UNFULFILLED<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • *PENCE: CHINA USING STOLEN TECH TO TURN PLOWSHARES INTO SWORDS<\/li>\n
  • *PENCE: CHINA POLICY HAS USED CURRENCY MANIPULATION, IP THEFT<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • *PENCE: CHINA USES `DEBT DIPLOMACY’ TO EXPAND ITS INFLUENCE<\/li>\n
  • *PENCE: CHINA EXTENDED LIFELINE TO `CORRUPT’ MADURO REGIME<\/li>\n
  • *PENCE SAYS CHINA IS MEDDLING IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • *PENCE SAYS WHAT RUSSIANS DOING `PALES’ IN COMPARISON TO CHINA<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • *PENCE: U.S. WILL ASSERT AMERICAN INTERESTS ACROSS INDO-PACIFIC<\/li>\n
  • *PENCE CALLS FOR GOOGLE TO END DRAGONFLY APP DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    So that confirms it – China is the new enemy number 1. Xi is the new Putin!<\/p>\n

    *\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n

    The White House is about to ratchet up tensions possibly far beyond what they already are amidst the ongoing US trade war with China.<\/p>\n

    At 11 a.m. eastern time Vice President Mike Pence will deliver at address at the neoconservative Hudson Institute where he’s expected to call China out on a number of explosive issues around the globe where Beijing’s increasingly aggressive actions are seen as a threat to the US, but will especially focus on the Sunday incident involving the USS Decatur which was dangerously intercepted by a Chinese naval vessel in the South China Sea.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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