Chinese Economic Bullying an Ongoing Concern With South Korea, Japan: Kirby

Beijing ‘has a very clear track record of using economic coercion and otherwise in a wide array of countries.’

National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington on Nov. 20, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Beijing’s economic coercion is a topic that frequently comes up in conversations between the United States and its Asian allies, such as Japan and South Korea, according to a top White House national security official.

“I don’t know of too many conversations we’ve had with our Korean and Japanese counterparts where in some forms or fashion Chinese economic bullying practices don’t come up,” John Kirby, the National Security Council’s coordinator for strategic communications, told reporters in a Dec. 7 press conference.