Chinese Regime Seeks to Limit Debate in West, Out of Self-Preservation

Jonas Parello-Plesner (L), senior fellow, Hudson Institute, Peter Mattis (M), Research Fellow in China Studies at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and a contributing editor at War on the Rocks, Juan Pablo Cardenal (R), Researcher at the Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America’s Advisory Council CADAL, speak at the Hudson Institute in Washington on Oct. 24, 2018 (York Du/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—After decades of a failed policy of “engaging China,” democracies around the world are facing the reverse situation.

The West is no longer engaging China to promote liberal reforms there, but instead is aiming to safeguard democracies from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s authoritarian and corrupt influence.