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| China's Plans to Win Control of the Global Order |
| 2020-05-18 |
| Tablet News via Instapundit The People's Republic of China now commands the world's largest population, its second-largest economy, and a military-industrial complex and high technology sector second only to America's. Behind this great mass of men and material stands Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China. Xi, supported by the class of Chinese communists who rule along with him, believe it is their role to guide China—and the rest of the world—into a new age. China's military expansion, massive economic investment in controlling global trade routes, and escalating information operations all point to a struggle for dominance that puts it in direct conflict with the West. In their internal speeches and planning documents, China's communist party leaders describe their perceptions of this struggle quite openly: As Beijing sees it, China’s success depends on discrediting the tenets of liberal capitalism so that notions like individual freedom and constitutional democracy come to be seen as the relics of an obsolete system. To understand how China’s leaders intend to accomplish this and fully appreciate their designs for the future, we must first come to terms with how they understand themselves. ..."The rejuvenation of the Chinese people" has been officially endorsed as the "historical mission" of the Communist Party since 1987 but it is an old dream whose origins predate the party’s founding. In the early 20th century Chinese intellectuals searched for a way to "save China," modernize it, and restore it to the preeminence that the world’s largest civilization deserved. What made the later communists different from other Chinese modernizers was the solution they endorsed. As their sloganeering went: "Only socialism can save China." The slogan is still in use, though Xi and other 21st-century Communists add a second clause: "Only socialism can save China, and only socialism can develop China." ...As proud self-declared Marxists, the Beijing leadership has carefully studied the failures of past attempts to "construct a socialism superior to capitalism." From the failings of the Maoist era, the Chinese communists learned that economic and technological modernization cannot happen in a vacuum. In many Chinese minds the People’s Republic of China’s technological stagnation under Mao blends together with the Qing dynasty’s unfortunate discovery that scientific advances in the West had left their military obsolete. The lesson in both cases is the same: If China is to grow strong, it must be integrated with the world outside it. ...Internally, the Chinese government can appear terrifyingly omnipotent. As an actor on the global stage, the current balance of power and the existing norms of the international system still constrain the party’s power to control free speech and association outside their borders. The NBA fracas showed that the United States and other Western powers have the capability to push back against communist encroachments in their society, given sufficient will and motivation to do so. For the party, censorship of hostile ideas and intimidation of those who voice them is only a stopgap solution. To secure their victory, liberal values do not just need to be silenced. They must be discredited. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #3 "Uh, Senator Feinstein, we'd like to ask you just a couple of quick questions so you can get back to work...." |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-05-18 17:42 |
| #2 Bingo, Charger! |
| Posted by: warthogswife 2020-05-18 16:38 |
| #1 If they continue to have the active assistance of the West's elites, then they can win. If we actually crack down on our own traitors and enablers, then they'll lose. It won't be easy, but it can be done. |
| Posted by: charger 2020-05-18 16:10 |