Biden’s Administration is consistently failing to call out Chinese government officials for the human rights violations, oppressive acts in China and aggressive actions against Taiwan. Indeed, they mocked Joe Biden for his weakness at the climate summit — and what was the response from the Biden Administration? They would continue to be flexible and deal with them.
Biden’s climate envoy John Kerry announced today that they’d entered into a framework for an agreement with China as to climate issues. Kerry was asked after the announcement if he discussed with China his concerns regarding their slavery labor violations in relation to solar panels.
John Kerry asks about the ‘use of forcible labor in Xinjiang to build solar panels’ after the US announces a climate deal with China.
KERRY: “We’re honest about the differences…& we’ve articulated them, but that’s not my lane here. “My job is to manage the climate.” pic.twitter.com/XvOvqsT8ha
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 11, 2021
“We’re honest about the differences,” Kerry said. “We certainly know what they are and we’ve articulated them but that’s not my lane here. My job is to be the climate guy.”
So, using forced labor to build solar panels is just a “difference” to John Kerry and the Biden Administration. They’re just cool with slave labor. It certainly hasn’t stopped them from dealing with the Chinese or actually holding them to account in any way.
It’s a very weak response. It indicates that they haven’t been pushing them seriously at all. It is hard to believe anyone would think that the Biden administration would make it tougher on Chinese. Anything is possibleYou will get such answers?
John Kerry has also connected to China, much like the Bidens. According to the Free Beacon, Kerry holds a $1 million stake in Chinese private equity fund that’s invested in tech “blacklisted for human rights abuses, and is also a major shareholder in a solar panel company linked to labor abuses of the Uyghurs.”
Last December, that private equity fund, Hillhouse China Value Fund L.P., purchased a 6 percent stake in LONGi Green Energy, a Chinese solar panel manufacturer, making it the company’s second largest shareholder.
LONGi was criticized by U.S. legislators and human rights groups for sourcing raw materials from U.S. companies that used forced labor in Xinjiang. This is a northwest China region where government crackdowns on Uyghurs and other ethnic minority.
Talk about an alleged conflict-of-interest. No wonder he’s not pushing on the issue.
But, not only isn’t he willing to hold China to account, he’s actually lobbying House lawmakers to stop them from banning the import of all Chinese-made goods that are produced using Uyghur slave labor, “a move aimed at buying goodwill with Beijing as the United States seeks a new climate deal, according to congressional sources and foreign policy insiders familiar with the matter.” So, just like what happened with the Iran deal, they will throw any principle or morality under the bus to achieve a ridiculous deal.
Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, slapped Kerry. But he was good.
Shorter Kerry: “what’s a little slave labor between friends?” https://t.co/zJbGqrrYPR
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) November 11, 2021
China will happily sign on to a deal which would make us more accountable while they do what they like. It’s like the Iran deal all over again. We’ll hold to it and bend over backwards to kiss their ring to get them to comply, while they pat us on the head and then do whatever they like.
But, Kerry is the same guy who said that we wouldn’t be operating with coal by 2030, which is just about eight years away. It’s madness.
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