The former vice president made the comments at The Heritage Foundation on Wednesday for the conservative think tank's annual B.C. Lee Lecture on international affairs.
"President Biden should make a clear and unequivocal demand that the 2022 Winter Olympics be moved from Beijing unless China comes clean on the origins of COVID-19 and immediately ends the persecution of the Uyghur people," Pence said during his speech. "The Olympics should only take place in countries that respect fundamental human rights and the well-being of mankind."
The 2022 Olympics are expected to begin in Beijing on Friday, Feb. 4
.Pence also recommended the Biden administration ban scheduled public or private funding for science labs in China; bring prescription drug production back to the U.S.; end farm support for land owned by foreign countries; boost the number of Chinese companies excluded from American investment; negotiate a trade agreement with Taiwan; stand with Hong Kong and its pro-democracy protests; maintain "American military superiority"; ban the Chinese government-funded Confucius Institute, which has programs in U.S. colleges; and more.
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"In many respects, Communist China poses a greater threat to the United States than the Soviet Union ever did throughout the Cold War," the former vice president said. "Today America is forced to confront China on two fronts: one against an authoritarian system and military bent on regional domination, and the other against powerful business interests and celebrities in our own country who are openly aiding and abetting the communist regime."
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Pence stated multiple times that the president has been weak on China-related policy, particularly in the wake of COVID-19, with a number of government and science experts hinting a link between the origins of the virus and the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which had obtained a federal grant from the U.S. for gain-of-function research before the outbreak.
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U.S.-China tensions intensified under the Trump administration due to a years-long trade war among the two countries amid U.S. claims of intellectual property theft, cyberattacks, fentanyl exports to the U.S., and other crimes; scrutiny related to the coronavirus pandemic; and China's human rights history with concern to Muslim minority populations in its northeast region and Hong Kong.
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Trump enforced strict sanctions on China and blacklisted dozens of Chinese companies accused of facilitating human rights abuses against the country's Uyghur population.
Biden has revealed the value of holding a tough stance against China, and his administration has extended to blacklist Chinese companies for being complicit in the Chinese government's efforts to spy on Uyghurs, though some people have said that the president is not taking a strong enough stance.
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