Pompeo: China waging disinformation campaign to drive wedge between US and Europe
Read full article here: https://readnews.io/ae4ocj Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Friday that China is behind a"fear in Europe" as Beijing aggressively continues to spread itsinfluence across the world through economic initiatives and cyber disinformationcampaigns that areforcing Europeans to choose between China and the United States. "But thats simply not the case," Pompeo said during a virtual conference at the 2020 Copenhagen Democracy Summit being hosted inDenmark. "Its the Chinese Communist Partythats forcing this choice. The choice isnt between the United States; its between freedom and tyranny. "Pompeo noted Chinas growing influence in Hong Kong that has sparked months of anti-government protests, its persecution of Chinese Muslims,escalations with India amid cross-border disputes and its aggression in the South China Sea. POMPEO HITS BACK AGAINST CHINAS OBSCENE PROPAGANDA FOLLOWING GEORGE FLOYDS DEATHEarlier this week, Pompeo met with his Chinese counterpart in Hawaii as relations between Beijing and the U. S. have declined to its lowest levels in decades amid tensions over trade, Chinas handing of the coronavirus pandemic, Hong Kong and human rights. Last month, President Trump announced the U. S. would rescindspecial trade and economic privileges it had extended to Hong Kong in response to Chinas new national security law limiting free speech and other civil liberties on the former British territory similar to that of the mainland. "To the extent Hong Kong is treated by the Chinese Communist Party as just another piece of mainland China, theres no reason for the United States to treat them any differently as well," Pompeo said. "And we have a law that requires that as well. "POMPEO: CHINA IS BENT ON WESTERN DESTRUCTIONHe added, "Europe faces a China challenge, just as the United States does, and as just as our South American, African, Middle Eastern, and Asian friends do too. "He noted theChineseCommunist Party "wants you to
