Richard Blumenthal actually said...

For the first time, the National Security Strategy mentioned China as a strategic competitor.

That is absolutely correct. The target there is isolation of Taiwan using U.S. businesses as a proxy to get at Taiwan.

So when I talk about coercion specifically, I am talking... about trying to stop U.S. tariffs.

the period of reform and opening, which Deng Xiaoping began in 1978... ended probably 10 years ago.