President Joe Biden’s nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield has described China as a “strategic adversary” and a “threat” to its neighbours, asserting that her highest priority will be to push against Chinese influence in the Security Council.
The relations between the US and China are at an all-time low. The two countries are currently engaged in a bitter confrontation over various issues, including trade, the origins of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the communist giant’s aggressive military moves in the disputed South China Sea and human rights.
At the United Nations, Chinese are “undermining our values…undermining our security”, Thomas-Greenfield testified at her confirmation hearing held by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday which was heavily dominated by questions from lawmakers on China.