China expert, commentator and author Gordon Chang on Friday castigated the “decades” of leadership in western nations and the European Union that “empowered the worst in China.”
In an interview on Newsmax TV’s “The Chris Salcedo Show,” Chang decried the damage the lack of a targeted strategy has caused.
“EU policy toward China has been feeble,” he said.
“For five decades we've had this engagement policy which basically overlooked unacceptable, dangerous behavior on the part of Beijing and we empower the worst elements in China by showing everybody else that aggression by China actually worked,” he said.
You can’t undo decades of the misguided approach without substantial cost,” he noted.
Chang also said the current situation with China presents a “real dangerous moment.”
“We’ve got to remember that China is actually invading India — its troops are deep into Indian territory at this moment,” he said, adding that the encroachment “and other incidents… the increased tempo of dangerous intercepts of the U. S. Navy … Hong Kong, all these threats made… this is a real dangerous moment because China is lashing out at everybody.”
The grim assessment came as President Donald Trump announced the United States will end its support for WHO, charging it didn't respond adequately to the coronavirus pandemic because of China's “total control” over the global organization.
Trump also charged Chinese officials “ignored” their reporting obligations to the WHO and pressured the agency to mislead the world when the virus was first discovered.
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