Hegseth’s G2 description for US-China relations ‘deeply problematic’: House Democrat warns
House representative Raja Krishnamoorthi says term sidelines US allies and partners while making Beijing ‘coequal’ to Washington
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s characterisation of US-China relations as a “G2” partnership is “deeply problematic”, a Democratic lawmaker has warned in a letter to the Pentagon chief.
“This term carries deeply problematic connotations of depicting the United States and PRC [the People’s Republic of China] as coequal and primarily cooperative powers responsible for deciding global issues while sidelining US democratic allies and partners,” he said in the letter.
“In reality, the Chinese Communist Party views the United States as its primary strategic adversary and is making unrelenting efforts to replace it as the world’s most powerful and influential nation.”
Chinese senior officials, including President Xi Jinping, have repeatedly said China does not seek to replace the US and does not see Washington as its prime competitor.