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Details of sweeping effort to counter China emerge in US Senate | World


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Leaders of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee introduced major legislation to boost the country’s ability to push back against China’s expanding global influence. Reuters pic
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WASHINGTON, April 9 Leaders of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee introduced legislation yesterday to boost the country’s ability to push back against China’s expanding global influence by promoting human rights, providing security aid and investing to combat disinformation.
The draft measure, titled the “Strategic Competition Act of 2021,” mandates diplomatic and strategic initiatives to counteract Beijing, reflecting hard-line sentiment on dealings with China from both Democrats and Republicans in Congress. ....

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US Strategic Competition Act calls for toughening Taiwan's defenses against Chinese invasion | Taiwan News


2021/04/09 11:54
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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) A bill designed to counter China s aggressive actions in many areas, includes sections calling for the deepening of U.S.-Taiwan ties and strengthening Taiwan s defenses to better ward off a potential invasion by the People s Liberation Army (PLA).
On Thursday, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) announced that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which he chairs, will on April 14 vote on a proposed bill titled the Strategic Competition Act of 2021. Although the bill mainly focuses on ways to counter China s aggressive and assertive behavior and human rights abuses, it is replete with references to Taiwan, mentioning the country 46 times. ....

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Details of sweeping effort to counter China's expanding global influence emerge in U.S. Senate


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Leaders of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee introduced legislation on Thursday to boost the country’s ability to push back against China’s expanding global influence by promoting human rights, providing security aid and investing to combat disinformation.
The draft measure, titled the “Strategic Competition Act of 2021,” mandates diplomatic and strategic initiatives to counteract Beijing, reflecting hard-line sentiment on dealings with China from both Democrats and Republicans in Congress. ....

United States , Hong Kong , Bob Menendez , Zhao Lijian , Muslim Uyghurs , Jim Risch , Bonnie Glaser , States Indo Pacific , Indo Pacific Maritime Security Initiative , Senate Foreign Relations Committee , Taiwan Foreign Ministry , International Studies Asia , Chinese Foreign Ministry , Committee On Foreign Investment , Senate Commerce Committee , Us Senate Foreign Relations Committee , Republicans In Congress , Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer , Foreign Relations Committee , Competition Act , Foreign Military Financing , Foreign Investment , United States Indo Pacific , Foreign Ministry , Senators Bob Menendez , Frontier Act ,