Biden to escalate Trump s policy to thwart Chinese expansionist designs ANI | Updated: Dec 19, 2020 15:05 IST
Beijing [China], December 19 (ANI): Putting an end to all speculations and rumours over the US policy on China and Taiwan, President-elect Joe Biden signalled that it will follow Trump s policy in the region.
The incoming Biden administration recently inducted Jake Sullivan as the new National Security Adviser, called for the intensification of Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) against China in the South China Sea (SCS), marking a potential escalation of Trump s policy to thwart Chinese expansionist designs in the region, reported Asia Times. We should be devoting more assets and resources to ensuring and reinforcing, and holding up alongside our partners, the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, said Sullivan.
Biden to escalate Trump s policy in South China Sea, Taiwan
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is expected to tow the line of incumbent President Donald Trump’s foreign policy in Asia, which stands against perceived Chinese expansionist designs in the region, reports say.
Biden’s nomination of Jake Sullivan for National Security Adviser, has reinforced the speculations that his policy on China and Taiwan would tow Trump’s line, the Asia Times reports on Saturday.
Sullivan had called for the intensification of Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) against China in the South China Sea (SCS), marking a potential escalation of Trump’s policy .
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