Remember that time China invaded our territory with surveillance programs? Old news.
Biden national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with top Chinese official Wang Yi in Vienna this week to move beyond the Chinese spy balloon incident and reestablish communication.
The meetings between Sullivan and Yi, which took place Wednesday and Thursday, were the highest level of engagement with China since the surveillance balloon traversed the United States in February.
“I think both sides recognize that unfortunate incident led to the bit of pause in engagement. We’re speaking now beyond that and reestablishing some standard channels of communications,” a senior administration official said about the meeting.
When asked whether that means the incident is over for the Biden administration and there won’t be any consequences, the official said, “We’ve been clear where we stand in terms of the breach of sovereignty.”
All too clear. The Chinese haven’t apologized or promised not to do it again. And the Biden administration has moved on. But even that’s inaccurate because previously unreleased emails show that the administration’s outrage was purely for public consumption. It was as fake as everything else about the Biden administration.
While the State Department signaled U.S. displeasure over the balloon by postponing Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s scheduled visit to Beijing, an internal State Department message reviewed by Reuters shows senior U.S. officials delaying planned actions against China.
Who was actually delaying Blinken’s visit, America or China?
One Chinese official confirmed to Reuters that a renewed Blinken visit would be more likely if the U.S. accommodated Beijing’s wish to shelve the issue, adding that China had conveyed it did not want the FBI to release details of its investigation into the downed balloon.
And who does the FBI answer to? Biden. And who does Biden answer to? According to the GOP House Oversight Committee, whoever is sending Hunter Biden all those checks.
So there was some performative public outrage while behind the scenes, the S.S. Appeasement sailed full steam ahead.
Rick Waters, deputy assistant secretary of State for China and Taiwan who leads the China House policy division, said in a Feb. 6 email to staff that has not been previously reported: “Guidance from S (Secretary of State) is to push non-balloon actions to the right so we can focus on symmetric and calibrated response. We can revisit other actions in a few weeks.”…
In late March, Waters told a staff meeting that the State Department would “move on” from the balloon incident with China, following guidance from Sherman who was eager to reschedule the Blinken trip, two of the sources said…
The U.S. State Department held back human rights-related sanctions, export controls and other sensitive actions to try to limit damage to the U.S.-China relationship, according to four sources with direct knowledge of U.S. policy, as well as internal emails seen by Reuters.
At what point does this sort of thing become outright collaboration?
The State Department also pushed off sanctions against Chinese officials, including some at the Central Committee’s United Front Work Department bureau responsible for policies in Xinjiang, where the U.S. government says Beijing is committing genocide against Muslim Uyghurs.
Ah there we are.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/secret-emails-reveal-biden-admin-faked-china-spy-balloon-outrage/