‘Battle of Narratives’: Lawmaker Calls for US to Go on Offensive Against CCP

‘Xi certainly talks about the decline of democracy,’ says Rep. Mike Waltz. ‘We should talk about the fact that socialism has never been successful.’

Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill with members of The American Legion in Washington on June 16, 2021. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—For years, the Chinese Communist Party has been gifted the upper hand in the “battle of narratives” with the United States about its place in the world. But a lawmaker and a group of China experts want to turn that around.

A major narrative that the Chinese regime has been successfully spreading, both in China and around the world, is that China’s rise under the CCP is inevitable and that the party is “undeterrable,” John Lee, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, said at a Dec. 11 panel hosted by the think tank.