Chinese Leader Xi Jinping Uses UN Platform to Level Criticism Against US

Republican lawmakers criticize Biden for being soft on China in UN speech

Chinese leader Xi Jinping virtually addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 21, 2021. Spencer Platt/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Chinese leader Xi Jinping took several jabs at Washington on Sept. 21, in a prerecorded speech to the U.N.’s 76th General Assembly.

President Joe Biden has been criticized by Republican lawmakers for failing to use his speech at the U.N. headquarters in New York to hold China accountable on a number of issues.