Pittsburgh vs Beijing: Biden takes aim at China in key speech

In his first speech to Congress, President Biden says the US will stand up to Chinese subsidies to state firms, technology theft.

United States President Joe Biden singled out China in his first speech to Congress, pledging to maintain a strong US military presence in the Indo-Pacific region and promising to boost technological development and trade. “China and other countries are closing in fast. We have to develop and dominate the products and technologies of the future,” Biden said on Wednesday. And in a line that drew some of the strongest applause of the evening, he said, “There is simply no reason the blades for wind turbines can’t be built in Pittsburgh instead of Beijing.”