How to Beat China at its Own Game
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is doing everything they can to displace the United States. But how do you beat the richest capitalist country in the world? If you’re the second richest country in the world, you buy them—covertly.
So how should the United States respond?
Let’s discuss.
The Problem
Former FBI Director Christopher Wray (R) called the stealthy assault by China “the defining threat of our generation.” Representative Maxine Waters (D) said, “Right now, the authoritarian regime of the Chinese Communist Party is trying to reshape the international order to supplant U.S. leadership.”
Their Methods
Since no one in their right mind embraces their way of running a country (we’ll get to that), they are using their wealth to manipulate and undermine the US by:
Buying academic institutions and professors
Stealing intellectual property
Exerting pernicious influence on regulations, courts, reputations, IP—and dumping on business.
Directly killing us, e.g., fentanyl
Spying on U.S. military operations
Infiltrating U.S. federal agencies
Their Goal
Xi Jinping’s goal is to destroy the United States and the liberal world order of markets and liberty and replace it with communism. He intends to:
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