US Pushing Back Against Chinese Influence at UN, Pompeo Says

US Pushing Back Against Chinese Influence at UN, Pompeo Says
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo returns from a break during a Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on July 30, 2020. Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Trump administration is ramping up efforts to counter Beijing’s expanding influence at international organizations, as part of the United States’ “multi-front” campaign against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which he described as the “central threat of our times.”

Pompeo said there’s been “at least a 15-year-long-slide” in U.S. influence in the United Nations (U.N.) system, which has coincided with the CCP’s growing sway.

Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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