An editorial in today’s edition of China’s Global Times provides a summary of Pompeo’s tenure as U.S. Secretary of State. His trip to India and other Asian nations “could be regarded as a chance to summarize Pompeo’s nearly three-year tenure as the secretary of state under the Trump Administration,” Global Times begins. “His term of office can be summarized in one sentence — he has pushed an all-round confrontation against China and endeavored to form an `anti-China united front’ on the international stage.”
The editorial continues: “(But) what he advocates is detached from the basic reality of a gigantic China-U.S. economic cooperation and runs counter to international common sense that countries should make policies based on their own national interests.… The visit to four Asian countries will be a gloomy closing tour for Pompeo…. China is the largest or main trading partner of many countries Pompeo has paid visits to. He asks them to take sides. But the question is, why should they? Being such a bully, Washington will only find itself as welcome as a storm.
