UN Ambassador Says US Needs to Counter China’s ‘Malign Influence’

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US Ambassador to the United Nations, speaks to the media at a socially distanced briefing in New York City on March 1, 2021. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations told Congress on June 16 that Beijing’s penetration of the United Nations has caused a “malign influence” with an authoritarian approach, and emphasized the need to enhance U.S. leadership.

“The Chinese have pushed that agenda more aggressively in the past few years than they’ve ever done before,” said Ambassador Linda Thomas-​Greenfield, speaking to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday.