Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) warned that the United States cannot “backslide” on China under the Biden administration. “China has been aggressive and predatory from a military standpoint, from a diplomatic standpoint, and from an economic standpoint for so many years,” said Hagerty in a recent interview with The Epoch Times’ sister company NTD at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Florida. For example, the senator pointed to Beijing’s recent aggression in Hong Kong and against Taiwan, the latter being a key U.S. ally in the Indo-Pacific region. Beijing has “used the void of this movement into the Biden administration as an opportunity to step up their aggression,” Hagerty said. He added: “China understands a strong America. We cannot be weak at this point. And we certainly can’t backslide right now.” Since President Joe Biden took office on Jan. 20, China has escalated its war-mongering toward Taiwan, a self-ruled island …