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Pompeo: Following Fall of Berlin Wall, Chinese Regime Is Biggest Communist Threat

Pompeo: Following Fall of Berlin Wall, Chinese Regime Is Biggest Communist Threat
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press statement at the German Chancellery in Berlin, Germany on November 8, 2019. Andreas Gora - Pool /Getty Images
Nicole Hao
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In a speech in Germany marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned that the current threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party were akin to those that citizens of East Germany faced during the Soviet era.

Pompeo delivered a speech at the Koerber Stiftung think tank, located near Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate on Nov. 8.
Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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