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Reprinted from The Grayzone with the author’s permission.
Both President Joe Biden and his Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, have endorsed former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s last-minute accusation of Chinese “genocide” against the Muslim Uyghur population in Xinjiang province. But an investigation of published work by the researcher Pompeo relied on to level his genocide allegation reveals a pattern of data abuse and fraudulent assertions that substantially undermines the incendiary charge.
The US government’s accusation of genocide against China stems from a single source: a June, 2020 paper by Adrian Zenz, a right-wing German researcher affiliated with the
US Navy
On February 12, 1988, two Soviet frigates bumped two US warships in the Black Sea.
The incident was the result of US challenges to what it saw as excessive Soviet maritime claims.
The US now faces similar tension with Russia and China, and the risk of bumping or worse is growing.
A close encounter between US and Soviet warships in the Black Sea more than 30 years ago has new relevance amid rising tensions between the US and Russia and China, which are fielding larger and more capable navies.
The February 12, 1988, incident began with Navy cruiser USS Yorktown and destroyer USS Caron conducting what the US called an innocent passage transiting a state s territorial waters without conducting military operations off of Crimea.
Critics say by publicly releasing the document, the Trump administration was trying to bind the Biden administration while confirming China's worst fears about U.S. intentions.
What Trump’s Declassified Asia Strategy May Mean For U.S.-China Relations Under Biden
By Nishant Dahiya
January 23, 2021
Eight days before the Trump administration departed, it declassified a keydocument that it said “provided overarching strategic guidance” to its approach toward Asia, a region it dubbed the Indo-Pacific.
The 10-page, lightly redacted report, in use across the government since 2018, seeks to explain the challenges the U.S. faces from a rising and more assertive China, spells out vital U.S. interests in the region, and lays out a plan for both mobilizing and helping key allies in achieving U.S. aims.