Pompeo's speech slamming China will have the 'opposite effect,' says former U.S. diplomat
July 24, 2020 at 01:59 AM EDT
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's seeming attempt to rally the Chinese people against the Communist Party of China has the opposite effect of increasing support for the ruling party, said Daniel Russel, former assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs from 2013 to 2017.