Washington: President Joe Biden said Friday that democracy “did not know the limit” when he closed the two-day summit to democratic freedom while fending off a storm of criticism from China and domestic critics.
The Biden Presidency has focused on the recovery of America with what Ronald Reagan liked to call “a shining city on a hill”, or flare for freedom that is noticed by other nations.
But the Washington Summit, held by a video link because Covid-19, the difficulty of underlining the United States in raising the traditional role.
In closing the comments to leaders from a number of countries, and representatives of NGOs and the philanthropic body, Biden said democracy “did not know the border.
It speaks every language.
It lives in anti-corruption activists, defenders of human rights, journalists.” “We are committed to working with everyone who share those values ​​to form road rules,” Biden swears, said the United States would stand next to them “who gave them their ability to breathe and did not try to strangle them with iron hands.
“Biden has spoken repeatedly about the world that reaches” inflection points “in the struggle between democratic people who are increasingly growing and increasingly lacking democracy.
On the first day of the virtual Summit, he promised $ 424 million to support media freedom, the selection of fair and anti-corruption campaigns.
“Democracy needs champions,” Biden said.
But when Biden hosted the summit on the television screen wall in the White House, China’s rival was the trolling peak with mocking propaganda, including rap songs in English who said that Americans “sell democracy as they sell Coca-Cola!” China and Russia, which was explained by Biden as the highest leader of the Autocracies Camp, is the highest profile name left from the invitation list to the Washington Summit.
The two countries have responded angrily, accusing Biden triggering the ideological split of the cold war style.
China was very upset because it was not invited, Taiwan.
As a democraticly managed island that China considers a separating area, Taiwan is an increasingly ill place in a wider battle between Beijing and Washington.
Beijing gets a boost right in the midst of the Biden Summit when Nicaragua dropped the previous diplomatic alliance with Taiwan, said it only recognized China.
The announcement left Taiwan with only 14 diplomatic allies, just like the US State Department called on “all countries that valued democratic institutions” to “expand involvement” with the island.
The World Skeptical in the appeal of Biden US democracy also met with a mixture of mixtures at home.
On the one hand, the Republican critics said he had not been strong enough in China or other enemies.
“In the first 11 months Joe Biden in the office, he has failed to defend freedom throughout the world and surrendered to those who want to dismantle, burden our enemies and damage our position abroad,” said the Republican National Committee in a reaction to his comments Friday.
At the other end of the political spectrum, the famous Vietnam War Whistlower Daniel Ellsberg attacked Biden administration to pursue the extradition of the founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange.
Washington wants Assange to face a trial for Wikileaks publication in 2010 Secret military documents relating to their war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
On Friday, the US government won the appeal to open the way for a 50-year-old Australia to be sent from England.
“How dare Biden lectures @StatedEPT #Summitfordemocracy today while refusing to forgive” Assange, Ellsberg Tweety Thursday.
He accused Biden “killed press freedom for ‘national security'”.