Something is amiss with US political discourse on China

It seems as if pointing accusing fingers at China has become political correctness in the United States. As a result, US officials are now accustomed to speaking with a forked tongue when it comes to China.

The most recent example is US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's claim on Thursday that the chief executive of Huawei Technologies was telling lies about the company's ties to the Chinese government.

"The company is deeply tied not only to China but also to the Chinese Communist Party. And that connectivity, the existence of those connections puts American information that crosses those networks at risk," he alleged.