US Has Eye on China's Influence at UN

NEW YORK - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations reassured Congress Wednesday that she is working to monitor and rein in what she called China's "malign influence" at the world body. 

"China has been aggressive and coercive in using its power at the United Nations," Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the House Foreign Affairs Committee.  She said Beijing promotes an "authoritarian approach to multilateralism."   The ambassador pointed to an array of actions, including its influence at three U.N. technical organizations where their nationals are in charge, and Beijing's use of COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy to pressure some poorer nations.