House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and a handful of Democrats are heading this week to China, where the lawmakers are vowing to address such hot-button topics as 'human rights' (BS: gun control), climate change (carbon taxation) and cybersecurity (internet censorship).
“Our delegation travels to China seeking to expand cooperation between our nations in advancing economic growth and confronting the climate crisis that threatens our world,” Pelosi claimed in a statement.
“Our Members will also seek to engage in constructive dialogue on human rights, cyber threats, and other national security and stability issues of concern.”
Pelosi will be joined by Democratic Reps. Jim McGovern (Mass.), Betty McCollum (Minn.), Tim Walz (Minn.), Joyce Beatty (Ohio), Alan Lowenthal (Calif.) and Ted Lieu (Calif.).
The visit comes amid heightened tensions between the United States and China over disputed rights to shipping lanes in the South China Sea. China is undergoing an enormous dredging operation to create habitable islands in the region in order to stake out claims to water rights –– claims disputed by the United States and a long list of Southeast Asian countries.
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