Commentary
Veni, vidi, vici. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken came to Beijing, saw and kowtowed to Xi Jinping, and yet another American diplomat was conquered by communist China’s “endless delay” negotiating strategy.
I know this negotiating strategy all too well from my four years in the Trump White House trying to negotiate an end to Beijing’s unfair trade, cyber attacks on the United States, suppression of Hong Kong, and various other forms of aggression and Chinese imperialism. Indeed, on more than one occasion, I sat across the table from stone-faced diplomatic dalliers—and Xi himself—knowing that their only goal was to induce more delay in any U.S. definitive action….