US Senate bill prompts concern over further strained ties with China

Chinese and US flags flutter outside the building of an American company in Beijing, Jan 21, 2021. -Photo/Agencies

WASHINGTON/BEIJING, April 12 (China Daily/ANN): The US Senate's draft Strategic Competition Act of 2021, which mandates diplomatic and security initiatives to counteract Beijing, captures the sentiments of Capitol Hill in that it overemphasizes confrontation between the two countries and will serve as a recipe for continued contentiousness in China-US relations, experts said.

The 280-page bill, introduced by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday, describes sanctions as "a powerful tool" for the US and stresses the need to "prioritize the military investments necessary to achieve United States political objectives in the Indo-Pacific".