Chinese Communist Party officials are “paranoid†about their nation’s relationship with democratic countries, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned while calling for Europe to “awaken†to the threats from Beijing.
“It might be easy to dismiss the China challenge as just a passing irritant, but I hope you all know it is not so,†he told the Czech Senate on Wednesday. “The regime has a Marxist-Leninist core, no less than the Soviet Union did, and indeed perhaps more so. The party has always put itself first; its actions flow from its ideology. And it's paranoid about free societies like ours.â€
Pompeo visited the Czech Republic on the first leg of a trip that will include stops in Slovenia, Austria, and Poland. The diplomatic swing will complete a tour of the chief cities of the late Austro-Hungarian empire that Pompeo began in 2019. But whereas he sought to stunt the growth of Chinese influence in Budapest, his visit to Prague featured a warning other allies how “deeply communist [regimes] plunge societies into ruin and oppression.â€
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