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Beware of Threat Deflation With Chinese Characteristics

Threat deflation is intended to facilitate China engagement.
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Beware of Threat Deflation With Chinese Characteristics
Chinese military officials arrive at the Great Hall of the People before a session of China's rubber-stamp legislature, the National People's Congress, in Beijing on March 12, 2015. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
Stu Cvrk
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Threat deflation, as it relates to communist China, is the evil stepson of engagement. Engagement with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) developed after President Richard Nixon “opened China” in 1972.
Stu Cvrk
Stu Cvrk
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Stu Cvrk retired as a captain after serving 30 years in the U.S. Navy in a variety of active and reserve capacities, with considerable operational experience in the Middle East and the Western Pacific. Through education and experience as an oceanographer and systems analyst, Cvrk is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, where he received a classical liberal education that serves as the key foundation for his political commentary.