China’s Brand of Communism | RealClearPolitics
By means of these undertakings, schemes, and techniques — and unfettered by a respect for human rights and the rule of law — China creates dependence in nations on all continents. Such dependence is in keeping with the traditional Chinese tributary system, updated for a high-tech, interconnected, globalized world. What Xi calls the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation, which he has elaborated in major speeches and authoritative writings, entails restoring China to the position that it has traditionally considered itself to hold at the center of world order.
The difference of opinion about world order between the United States and China is stark. For the United States and fellow liberal democracies, the aim is to preserve the freedom and sovereignty of nation-states by fortifying the established order, which is grounded in respect for human rights and the rule of law. For China, the objective is to transform world order. The CCP seeks to reconfigure the community of nations by placing China at the center while subordinating freedom, national sovereignty, human rights, and the rule of the law to socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Consequently, understanding the CCP s brand of communism must be a U.S. priority.
Another problem with the “Xi is not Stalin” argument has to do with the claim that Xi does not subvert democracy. And yet, when we find out where the money was coming from to subvert our 2020 elections by fomenting revolutionary violence, I bet a lot of it will trace back to China.