Trump speaks to reporters with US hostage negotiator Robert O'Brien after he named O'Brien as his fourth White House national security adviser [Tom Brenner/Reuters]
ABOARD HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s national security adviser accused China on Wednesday of trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine research from the West, casting it as a malign rival that was seeking to monopolise every important industry of the 21st Century.
Trump identifies China as the United States’ main competitor, and has accused the Chinese Communist Party of taking advantage over trade and not telling the truth over the novel coronavirus outbreak, which he calls the “China plague”. In a 20-minute broadside against China, Robert O’Brien told top British and U.S. military and intelligence officials that China was a predatory power that repressed its people and had sought to coerce both neighbours and Western powers.
“The CCP is seeking dominance in all domains and sectors... (and) plans to monopolise every industry that matters to the 21st century,” O’Brien told the Atlantic Future Forum via a video link to Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.
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Update: Trump official warns China plans to ‘dominate’ next century as conflict fears soar (Express)
WNU Editor: How times have changed. It was only a few years ago that US business and political leaders were rushing to China to build better ties while thinking that they can influence Beijing to follow a cooperative approach to solving the world's problems. Today .... there is a realization that Beijing has a different view on their place in the world, and it does not involve cooperating if it interferes with China's agenda or goals.
