Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Wendy Sherman | July 27, 2021

 2 - White House News in Chinese (weebly.com)

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman attends a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday in Tianjin, China. 
China may be having a harder time with Biden than with Trump

On Monday, the United States’ second-most senior diplomat met with Chinese counterparts in the port city of Tianjin.

Jul 27 - ​Ahead of Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s visit to China, U.S. officials said the aim of this round of discussions — the second face-to-face talks between senior officials from both countries since President Biden took office — was to set “guardrails” around the increasingly fractious Sino-U.S. relationship and “keep the channels of communication open.” Coming out of the meetings, it wasn’t quite clear what markers had been laid down amid a testy airing of grievances...

...Sherman said that her administration welcomed “stiff competition” with China, but did not seek conflict. But she insisted to reporters after the meetings that China, which bristles over Western criticism of its human rights record, could not place itself above reproach. “We do expect … [Chinese officials] to understand that human rights are not just an internal matter, they are a global commitment which they have signed up for” under U.N. conventions, Sherman told the Associated Press.

Sherman also raised the matter of the pandemic and China’s conspicuous lack of cooperation with the World Health Organization’s efforts to understand its roots, an issue that is both a sensitive subject for Beijing and a source of political anger for U.S. lawmakers. “Last week, Beijing announced it would not cooperate with the WHO’s follow-up research plans,” reported my colleague Eva Dou. “Biden has supported the WHO plan, while also ordering U.S. intelligence agencies to search for evidence of how the pandemic started”...     quoted from


Wendy Ruth Sherman (born June 7, 1949)[1] is an American professor and diplomat who is serving as the United States Deputy Secretary of State since April 2021. She is a professor of public leadership and director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School,[2] a senior counselor at Albright Stonebridge Group,[3] and a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.[4][5]

Sherman, a social worker, served as the director of EMILY's list, the director of Maryland's office of child welfare, and the founding president of the Fannie Mae Foundation. During the Clinton administration, she served as Counselor of the United States Department of State from 1997 to 2001. She was also a Special Advisor to President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and North Korea Policy Coordinator. In the latter role, she was instrumental in negotiations related to North Korea's nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs.[6]


She served under Hillary Clinton and John Kerry as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2011 to 2015.[7][8] She was the fourth-ranking official in the U.S. Department of State.[9] In that role, Sherman was the lead negotiator for the Iran nuclear deal.[10] On January 16, 2021, President-elect Joe Biden formally announced Sherman to serve as United States Deputy Secretary of State under Antony Blinken.[11] On March 11, 2021, her nomination was reported out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.[12] Her nomination was approved by the full Senate on April 13, 2021, by a vote of 56 to 42. She is the first woman to hold the position.[13][14] She was sworn into office on April 14, 2021.     from Wikipedia



中美天津会谈 中方向美方提出两份清单 20210726 |《今日关注》CCTV中文国际
Jul 27, 2021

Wang Yi Meets with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman

Jul 27 - On the afternoon of July 26, 2021, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in Tianjin.


Noting severe difficulties and challenges in China-U.S. relations, Wang Yi said, it requires serious consideration for the U.S. side to make correct choices as to whether the bilateral ties will head to confrontation or improvement. Your visit to China is a part of mutual contact and dialogue between China and the United States, and the two sides should enhance mutual understanding, erase misunderstanding, avoid misjudgment and better manage differences via constant dialogues...     more

JULY 26, 2021
President Biden on Americans with Disabilities Act
President Biden and Vice President Harris marked the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The legislation signed into law on July 26, 1990 by President George H.W. Bush. The president and vice president were joined by members of Congress in the White House Rose Garden. Also speaking at the event was 26-year-old artist Tyree Brown, who was in a car accident that rendered her quadriplegic. 

Remarks by President Biden Celebrating the 31st Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

JULY 26, 2021SPEECHES AND REMARKS

​Rose Garden
 
THE PRESIDENT:  Madam Vice President, Tyree — you’re an inspiration.  Thank you for sharing your story.
 
Thirty-one years ago today, on the South Lawn of the White House, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act.  He surrou- — he was surrounded by disability advocates and bipartisan members of the United States Congress, just as we are today.

 
Speaker Pelosi — welcome, by the way, Madam Speaker — Chairman Leahy, Leader McCarthy, Senator Casey, Congressman Scott, Congressman La- — where is here?  There you are, Paul [Jim].  You understand this better than anybody does.  And I want to thank you, Congressman, for all your work.  And I want to thank you all for being here...     more

Statement of President Joe Biden on the Passing of Civil Rights Leader, Bob Moses

JULY 26, 2021•STATEMENTS AND RELEASES

​Speaking in the spring of 1964 about his plans for Freedom Summer, Bob Moses summed up the heroic effort to register Black voters in the Deep South with a question: “What kind of society will we be?” 

Throughout his remarkable life, Bob devoted his heart and soul to lead, teach, and organize generations of Americans to answer that question by making real the promise of our nation – that we are all created equal and deserve to be treated equally throughout our lives.

He did so with uncommon grace, calm, and humility despite every bullet, arrest, and unrelenting brutality he faced.

The violent and murderous response to the Freedom Summer he organized helped galvanize support for the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.  A celebrated educator by training and by heart, he understood education is a great equalizer and helped countless students, and our nation, realize their dreams and full potential.

From the polling stations of Mississippi and in classrooms of our nation, Bob always showed up and never, ever gave in. In his memory, let us continue his unfinished work and answer the question he asked us once before – to be a society that delivers on the promise of this nation.

With attacks on the right to vote unseen since the days of the Jim Crow system Bob helped to dismantle, I call on Congress again to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Let us build the coalition of Americans of every race and background that he once formed to meet the urgency of the moment. And let us follow his towering legacy and ensure every American is treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.

Jill and I send our love and prayers to Bob’s wife, Janet, their four children, and their seven grandchildren.

May God bless Bob Moses.     source from

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