Speaking at a town hall on CNN, Biden told moderator Anderson Cooper that he had made clear to Chinese President Xi Jinping during a two-hour call earlier this month that the U.S. will continue to speak out against rights violations in the XUAR and that China’s aspirations of becoming a global leader will be stymied for as long as it refuses to reverse course.
“There will be repercussions for China, and he knows that,” Biden said, without providing details, but suggesting such actions might largely amount to a pressure campaign. “What I’m doing is making clear that we, in fact, are going to continue to reassert our role as spokespersons for human rights at the U.N. and other agencies that have an impact on their attitude,” he added.
