{"id":1025022,"date":"2023-08-01T17:10:24","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T17:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1025022"},"modified":"2024-05-15T19:07:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T19:07:08","slug":"get-the-facts-nikki-haleys-real-record-on-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/get-the-facts-nikki-haleys-real-record-on-china\/","title":{"rendered":"GET THE FACTS: Nikki Haley\u2019s Real Record on China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nikki Haley is desperately trying to rewrite her record on China, but the reality is she spent years praising Communist China as ambassador to the UN and welcomed hundreds of millions of dollars of investments from Chinese businesses as governor of South Carolina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While representing America as ambassador to the United Nations, Haley described Communist China as a \u201cgreat friend\u201d and said it was \u201cfine\u201d for them to be \u201ceverywhere in the world.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBS<\/a>: \u201cI know that President Trump spoke with the Chinese President Xi last night. What more does China need to do?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley: \u201cWell, I think China is really in good faith doing quite a bit. They are trying to put pressure on North Korea. What we have said is we want him to put more pressure on North Korea, whether that\u2019s with coal, whether that\u2019s with oil, whether it\u2019s with other sanctions. And I think that they are also talking with the leaders in North Korea and telling them that they don\u2019t need to do anything. And so I think China has been a really great friend of ours, and the way they came together with us to do the statement last week showed that we are united against wanting North Korea to stay away from doing any sort of nuclear threats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC<\/a>: \u201cHow do you view China? I know President Trump, in the past, has said he views China as an enemy, at least an economic enemy.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley: \u201cI think what you have to look at is, you know, China and Russia play very different roles. They both are getting involved across the world in all different pockets. Their tentacles are everywhere. Russia is doing it through elections and through military actions and through trying to get involved in conversations. China is doing it economically. If you look at their infrastructure, they are everywhere in the world now and they want to continue to do it so that they have a stronghold. And what we need to do is say that\u2019s fine, if they\u2019re going to continue to do that, they\u2019re also going to have to be accountable for the things that they are responsible for. And we do think North Korea is one of those that they need to be held accountable for.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good Morning America<\/a>: \u201cPresident Trump did speak with the President of China, President Xi overnight and China urged restraint in this North Korean situation. Is the United States prepared to explore exit ramps from this crisis? For example, China has asked the US to consider suspending military exercises with South Korea if North Korea agrees to suspend nuclear missile tests. Is that an acceptable tradeoff?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley: \u201cWe\u2019re not going to do that. I mean, that is too important at this point. What we can say is South Korea has been an ally from the very beginning. We want to protect them just as we\u2019re protecting ourselves and that\u2019s what we said we were going to do. We were going to have the backs of our allies and we were going to call out our adversaries. And now North Korea has done nothing but give every reason why we need to have military exercises in South Korea. And I think that while we\u2019ve worked well with China, I think we saw a unanimous security council released last week condemning North Korea on what they\u2019re trying to do with their testing and launches, and what we\u2019re saying is, look, we\u2019re not backing down from South Korea and North Korea just needs to get in line. And I think China has been great at helping us do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley calls Communist China a threat to American businesses on the campaign trail, but the reality is she gladly welcomed and incentivized Chinese businesses in South Carolina as governor.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/a>: \u201cHere is my comprehensive plan to confront China:\u2026 Protect our economy. I\u2019m a firm believer in economic freedom. But I also agree with Adam Smith that defense \u2018is of much more importance than opulence.\u2019 National security is affected by almost every part of our relationship with China. Beijing knows it and uses American investment and innovation to strengthen its military. American companies sell billions of dollars worth of goods in the Chinese market, much of it with military application. China also forces technology transfer and steals up to $600 billion of American intellectual property every year. I will push American businesses to leave China as completely as possible.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNBC<\/a>: \u201c\u2018Companies and people have said for too long, \u2018We\u2019ll deal with China tomorrow.\u2019 But China is dealing with us today. We\u2019ve got to address this,\u201d she added. Haley said \u201cevery company needs to have a Plan B\u201d in the event that China decides to \u201cpull the rug out from under us.\u201d She called Beijing \u2018the biggest threat we\u2019ve had since Pearl Harbor.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox News<\/a>: \u201cIn 2016, Haley praised a $300 million investment in Richland County, South Carolina, by the Chinese fiberglass manufacturer China Jushi Co. Ltd., which cited \u2018great support\u2019 from the state government for doing so.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox News<\/a>: \u201cEarlier, in 2015, Haley welcomed a $72 million investment in an existing facility by Haier, a Chinese appliance manufacturer. The expansion by Haier \u2013 which is headquartered in Qingdao, China \u2013 resulted in a groundbreaking ceremony at the facility located near downtown Camden in Kershaw County. \u2026 Sharing a photo from the groundbreaking ceremony in 2015, Haley wrote in a Facebook post, “We were excited to participate in the groundbreaking for Haier’s expansion in Camden!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cVolvo Cars will build a factory in South Carolina, the company said, making it the first time a Chinese-owned automaker will have an auto assembly plant in the United States\u2026The automaker will receive about $200 million in combined incentives. That includes $120 million in economic development bonds, $30 million in state grants and an additional $50 million of incentives from a state-owned utility company, Santee Cooper\u2026South Carolina’s governor, Nikki R. Haley, echoed that sentiment on Monday, saying in a statement that Volvo’s presence ”will be felt for decades to come.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley has insulted our service members by claiming China\u2019s military is stronger than ours and cherry picking examples of their efforts to strengthen their military relative to the U.S. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/a>: \u201cWe\u2019ve gotta focus on the military aspect. Look at the fact that they are, they have a stronger military. We need to strengthen our military.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/a>: \u201cYou look at China now, they\u2019re on the march. They\u2019re building up their military. They have the largest naval fleet in the world. They have more air defense systems than we do. They\u2019ve just developed the fifth generation fighter jet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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