Commentary
The Biden administration declared in October, via its national security strategy (pdf), that “Americans will support universal human rights and stand in solidarity with those beyond our shores who seek freedom and dignity.”
Does this pledge to stand with the oppressed extend to the people of China?
Judging by the administration’s muted response as Chinese citizens have taken to the streets in widespread protest of Beijing’s draconian “Zero COVID” policy, and the tyrannical Chinese Communist Party (CCP) behind it, it would seem the answer is “No.”
The White House, by way of a National Security Council spokesperson, delivered a passive and oddly clinical message on China following the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, focusing more on the efficacy of Chinese coronavirus policies than the hardships faced by those laboring under them, and the right of the affected to dissent freely….