Are We Headed for a Cold War With China?

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🗓️ 28 May 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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On Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that Hong Kong was no longer considered autonomous from China by the US government. Tensions were already high between the two global superpowers but with this new escalation, where do they go from here? Guest: Joshua Keating, staff writer at Slate Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.4	UK.
0:30.9	Josh Keating covers international affairs for sleight.
0:37.8	So when there's something I don't quite get in the world of foreign policy, he's the
0:41.7	guy I get on the phone.
0:43.6	This week I needed him.
0:45.5	I'm hoping you can explain this tweet today from Mike Pompeo.
0:50.5	You ready?
0:51.5	Yeah, let me just get that exactly what he said on the tweet.
0:56.3	This tweet is by far the most talked about thing that Mike Pompeo has done online in the
1:01.2	last couple of days.
1:03.0	But it's written in a kind of code.
1:05.9	It says today I reported to Congress that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China,
1:13.0	given facts on the ground.
1:15.2	Then Pompeo says the United States stands with the people of Hong Kong.
1:19.6	Yeah, so this over turns a policy dating back to 1992.
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