House Republican Calls Chinese Government Irresponsible

The Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee today blasted Chinese leaders for a series of alleged moves that have alienated Republicans in Congress.

As the White House hosted a series of meetings with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) accused Hu’s administration of flouting the U.S. and the U.N. on a host of economic, military and human rights issues.

“Does a responsible stakeholder, as reported in the Western press, allow the transshipment of North Korean missile components to Iran, via Beijing Airport, in open defiance of those UN sanctions which, as a Perm-Five member, it is duty bound to enforce?” Ros-Lehtinen asked during a press conference on Capitol Hill.

“Would a responsible stakeholder refer to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee as a bunch of ‘clowns,’ for awarding such an honor to a distinguished Chinese human rights advocate? Would a responsible stakeholder arrest the wife of the Nobel Peace Prize winner as further retaliation for speaking the truth about gross human rights violations in China?” she added.