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Biden's Pick for UN Envoy Grilled on China at Confirmation Hearing

Margaret Besheer

   U.S. lawmakers Wednesday expressed concern about China's growing
   influence at the United Nations during their questioning of President
   Joe Biden's intended U.N. ambassador, seeking assurances that she would
   vigorously push back against Beijing's "malign influence."

   "Despite the fact that the United States is by far the largest donor to
   the United Nations, the Chinese Communist Party is attempting to
   reshape the U.N. to serve the needs of the Party," Senate Foreign
   Relations Committee Chairman James Risch said at the opening of Linda
   Thomas-Greenfield's confirmation hearing.'¯"And it has had some
   successes in that regard."

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