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US seeks new 'alliance of democracies' to take on Chinese regime: Pompeo

The top American diplomat formally announced a reversal in the decades-old China policy, which now would be more of confrontationist in nature

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Today China is "increasingly authoritarian at home, and more aggressive in its hostility to freedom everywhere else," Pompeo said.

Press Trust of India Washington
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has pitched for a new "alliance of democracies" to counter the challenges posed by China, sharpening his attack on the Communist countury.

Echoing President Donald Trump that the US has had "enough" with China, Pompeo announced "distrust and verify" as US' new rules of engagement with the Chinese Communist Party and called on all nations to insist on reciprocity, transparency and accountability from them.

Pompeo's remarks at the Nixon Library on Thursday, titled "Communist China and the Free World's Future," cast aspersions on Beijing and its relations with Washington, nearly 50 years after President