The hawkish turn in American China policy has left no political faction in the cold more than progressives with a Pollyannaish attitude toward the Chinese Communist Party’s malign behavior. So while lawmakers of both parties and the Biden administration offer tough new measures to combat Beijing’s worrying actions, fringe-left groups have begun promoting a much different perspective in a letter-writing campaign that, until last week, had largely flown under the radar.
The coalition behind the push, which has at various times included a constellation of leftist anti-war organizations such as Code Pink and the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, is inveighing against legislation that would overhaul U.S. competition with China and in support of a watered-down alternative pushed by House Democrats.
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