House China Committee Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) characterized U.S. relations with China as an 'existential struggle' during his opening remarks for the panel's first prime-time hearing.
"We may call this a 'strategic competition,' but this is not a polite tennis match. This is an existential struggle over what life will look like in the 21st century — and the most fundamental freedoms are at stake," Gallagher said during his opening remarks.
"This strategy has worked well in the past, and the CCP is confident it will work again. Our task is to ensure that it does not," he added."Time is not on our side. Just because this Congress is divided, we cannot afford to waste the next two years lingering in legislative limbo or pandering for the press."
He further argued that in recent history, the U.S. has been naive about China's true ambitions, trying"to win the CCP over with honey," believing that economic engagement would lead to reforms in China. Tensions have been icy with China over recent weeks following a suspected spy balloon penetrating U.S. airspace earlier this month and revived questions about the origins of the COVID-19 respiratory illness.
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