Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that U.S. policy toward China should be guided by the following strategic objectives to: (1) deploy defense and intelligence capabilities to resist any force or coercion that would jeopardize the peace of the Asia-Pacific region and the security of U.S. friends and allies; (2) treat Taiwan in strict accordance with the Taiwan Relations Act, the three United States-People's Republic of China Joint Communiques, and the Six Assurances; (3) pursue a diversified U.S. economy as the surest means of providing for leverage in interactions with China; (4) deploy counterintelligence capabilities to protect U.S. national security in the face of significant Chinese espionage efforts; (5) prevent the transfer of technology, intellectual property, or equipment that would substantially contribute to Chinese military or space capabilities; (6) encourage China to utilize its economic, political, and military power to contribute to the international system; (7) encourage China to support political reform and religious freedom; (8) encourage the peaceful resolution of maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea and East China Sea; and (9) convey to China that responsible behavior will create the possibility for a genuine U.S. partnership on matters of mutual interest, while unacceptable behavior will incur costs that would outweigh any gains.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 616 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 616
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United
States relations with the People's Republic of China.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 16, 2012
Mr. Forbes (for himself and Mr. Wolf) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United
States relations with the People's Republic of China.
Whereas relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China
will be a key to peace and prosperity in the United States for decades
to come, but successive United States administrations have failed to
publicly provide a guiding strategy or framework for United States
policy toward the People's Republic of China, inviting misinterpretation
of United States strategy and, at times, internally contradictory policy
pursuits;
Whereas the People's Republic of China has become the world's second-largest
economic power, and is a significant trading partner, to the betterment
of United States consumers and businesses who enjoy access to Chinese
goods and domestic job creation from rapidly expanding United States
exports to China;
Whereas the People's Republic of China continuously infringes United States
patent and other intellectual property rights, has been repeatedly found
to violate World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and United States export
control laws, and inhibits imports from the United States in a variety
of ways;
Whereas the People's Republic of China consistently has pledged that its rise
will be peaceful and its military capabilities defensive in nature;
however, its continued lack of transparency, its regard for the United
States as its principal strategic adversary, and its continued expansion
of its military, intelligence, and economic reach fosters uncertainty in
its long-term intentions;
Whereas the People's Republic of China consistently has pledged its peaceful
intentions; however, it has developed and expanded one of the most
aggressive intelligence apparatus currently operating against the United
States;
Whereas the People's Republic of China has conducted a rapid, multidecade
military modernization effort to challenge United States defense
capabilities in the Asia-Pacific; however, over the past decade the
United States defense and intelligence community has consistently
underestimated this effort and has been reactive in countering China's
growing capabilities;
Whereas the United States longstanding regional alliances have for decades
assured the Nation access and influence throughout the Asia-Pacific
region, but the People's Republic of China is pursuing a rapid military
buildup that challenges United States defense capabilities and the
stability of United States friends and allies in the Asia-Pacific
region;
Whereas the United States has worked with the international community to further
the peaceful exploration of space; however, the People's Republic of
China is now developing an advanced military and commercial capability
in space that includes the People's Liberation Army's continued
development of kinetic and non-kinetic anti-satellite capabilities that
could be used to target United States Armed Forces and commercial
satellite constellations;
Whereas the United States repeatedly has sought the People's Republic of China's
participation in policies aimed at preventing rogue states from
acquiring foreign defense articles; however, the People's Republic of
China continues to proliferate military supplies and defense
technologies to the Islamic Republic of Iran in violation of United
States sanctions as illustrated by United States Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton's identification of the People's Republic of
China as not enforcing all aspects of international sanctions that bar
the sale of most nuclear-related equipment to the Islamic Republic of
Iran in January 2011;
Whereas the United States has a longstanding relationship with Taiwan based on
the terms of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), the three United States-
People's Republic of China Joint Communiques, and the ``Six
Assurances'';
Whereas the United States remains committed to all elements of the TRA,
especially maintaining ``the capacity of Taiwan to resist any resort to
force or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security, or
the social or economic system, of the people on Taiwan'', as well as
making available ``defense articles and defense services in such
quantity as may be necessary to enable Taiwan to maintain a sufficient
self-defense capability.'';
Whereas honoring the three United States-People's Republic of China Joint
Communiques does not imply support for China's ``One China Principle'',
but for the United States traditional ``One China Policy'' that is fully
compatible with its commitments to, and relations with, Taiwan; and
Whereas there is a time-honored bond of friendship between the people of the
United States and China, however, the Government of China has continued
to oppress the people of China by denying basic human rights, such as
freedom of speech, religion, and assembly, and suppressing minority
groups: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that
policy toward the People's Republic of China should be guided by the
following strategic United States objectives to--
(1) sustain and deploy clear and unambiguous defense and
intelligence capabilities to resist any resort to force or
other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the peace and
stability of the Asia-Pacific region and the security of United
States friends and allies;
(2) treat Taiwan in strict accordance with the Taiwan
Relations Act, the three United States-People's Republic of
China Joint Communiques and the ``Six Assurances'';
(3) pursue a robust, balanced, and diversified United
States economy as the surest means of providing the United
States economic security for leverage in interactions with the
People's Republic of China on all fronts;
(4) sustain and deploy clear and overwhelming
counterintelligence capabilities and guidelines required to
ensure the United States intelligence community can protect and
promote the national security of the United States in the face
of significant espionage efforts of the People's Republic of
China;
(5) prevent the transfer of technology, intellectual
property, or equipment that would make a substantial
contribution to Chinese military or space capabilities;
(6) encourage the People's Republic of China to utilize its
economic, political, and military power to contribute to the
health and success of the international system;
(7) encourage the Government of the People's Republic of
China to support political reform, the rule of law,
transparency, democratization, human rights, and religious
freedom;
(8) encourage the peaceful resolution of maritime
territorial disputes in the South China Sea and East China Sea,
and support efforts to facilitate a multilateral, peaceful
process to resolve these disputes; and
(9) convey clearly to Beijing that responsible behavior on
its part will create the possibility for a genuine partnership
with the United States on matters of mutual interest, while
unacceptable behavior will incur costs that would outweigh any
gains.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
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