1/ A little over a week ago, we learned that the Trump administration had ordered the Chinese government to close its consulate in Houston, accusing diplomats there of assisting in acts of economic espionage and attempted theft of scientific research. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/world/asia/us-china-houston-consulate.html
U.S. Orders China to Close Houston Consulate, Citing Efforts to Steal Trade Secrets

The Trump administration accused Chinese citizens of stealing scientific research and told the country’s diplomats in Texas to leave. Beijing warned it would retaliate.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/world/asia/us-china-houston-consulate.html
2/ The next day, @SecPompeo delivered a monumental speech in which he declared the failure of 50 years of engagement with China and called for the free world to stand up against this “new tyranny.”
3/ The secretary's references to containment and the comparisons he makes between the CCP and the USSR are important, but so are those rejecting any notions of American decline and the inevitability of China’s rise.
4/ “Beijing is more dependent on us than we are on them,” said Pompeo.

He began his speech with a simple but provocative question:

“What do the American people have to show now, 50 years on from engagement with China?”
4/ “Beijing is more dependent on us than we are on them,” said Pompeo. He began his speech with a simple but provocative question: “What do the American people have to show now, 50 years on from engagement with China?”
4/ “Beijing is more dependent on us than we are on them,” said Pompeo. He began his speech with a simple but provocative question: “What do the American people have to show now, 50 years on from engagement with China?”
4/ “Beijing is more dependent on us than we are on them,” said Pompeo. He began his speech with a simple but provocative question: “What do the American people have to show now, 50 years on from engagement with China?”
4/ “Beijing is more dependent on us than we are on them,” said Pompeo. He began his speech with a simple but provocative question: “What do the American people have to show now, 50 years on from engagement with China?”
5/ By making the decision to deliver his speech at the Nixon library, @SecPompeo was sending a clear message:

The policy of engagement set in motion by an American president half-a-century ago, which has guided US relations towards China is now over. https://www.thewirechina.com/2020/06/07/the-birth-life-and-death-of-engagement/
The Death of Engagement - The Wire China

The policy of "engagement" has defined U.S.-China relations for almost a half century. It didn't have to end this way.

https://www.thewirechina.com/2020/06/07/the-birth-life-and-death-of-engagement/
6/ In this episode of @HiddenForcesPod, I speak with @orvilleschell about Nixon’s historic trip, the history of engagement—its virtues and its flaws—and what disengagement with China means for the future of liberty, peace, & security in our times. https://bit.ly/HF_149 
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