December 29, 2020

If you’re Antony Blinken, you know you’ll have to answer questions about America’s relationship with China during your Senate confirmation hearing to serve as secretary of State.

But what if you’re President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of Education? Or his pick for assistant secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity? Or the person he wants as general counsel at the Transportation department?

Top lawmakers, Capitol Hill staffers and analysts expect Biden’s would-be team to face an unprecedented barrage of questions about how they plan to handle the Chinese government’s yawning ambitions — to the point where one expert called it a “China litmus test.”

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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/29/bidens-nominees-face-china-gauntlet-451792