Amb. Power’s views on China and the U.S.-China relationship have been made public on numerous occasions, showing her to be a strong critic of the country. In a February 2021 article published in Foreign Affairs, she outlines China’s place as a global competitor to the United States and the increasing backlash it is receiving for coercive actions abroad and abuses towards its citizens at home:

The United States has a potent competitor on the world stage, and it is increasingly common to hear people contrast Washington’s debilitating partisanship and gridlock with the ruthless efficiency of Beijing’s authoritarian rule. Yet even as the United States has faltered in highly visible and costly ways, China is fumbling the mantle of global leadership, too—with its lethal cover-up of the pandemic, its bullying diplomacy and extraterritorial belligerence, its controversial approach to development, and its ongoing human rights horrors, including the mass internment of its Uighur Muslim population.

As her previous government appointments and the subject of many of her written works indicate, Samantha Power places enormous importance on the subject of human rights. This is further exemplified by her serving from 1998 – 2002 as the Founding Executive Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. As the U.S. is increasingly critical of China’s human rights record, her extensive background covering these issues, as indicated by her current rhetoric on China, shows that she will also continue to be particularly critical of China in this area.