Vice President Pence’s Speech Riles Some, in China and Beyond

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s wide-ranging, era-defining speech on the U.S.-China relationship has got the global Chinese community talking.

Vice President Mike Pence addresses the Hudson Institute on the administration's policy towards China in Washington, DC, on Oct. 4, 2018. Jim Watson /AFP/Getty Images

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s extensive speech about Beijing’s aggression and the United States’ counter-strategy has sparked heated discussion among Chinese living in mainland China and abroad.

His remarks, given at the Hudson Institute in Washington on Oct. 4, signal a new era for the U.S.–China relationship.