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China’s Counterterrorism Ambitions Yields Little Results

But the Chinese regime’s ambitions could threaten U.S. interests.
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China’s Counterterrorism Ambitions Yields Little Results
Chinese People's Liberation Army personnel attending the opening ceremony of China's new military base in Djibouti on Aug. 1, 2017. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Antonio Graceffo
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The Chinese communist regime has weaponized counterterrorism as an instrument of domestic repression and international influence projection, but despite years of diplomacy, military exercises, and financial commitments across Africa and Central Asia, no country has replaced the United States with China as its primary security partner.

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Antonio Graceffo
Antonio Graceffo
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Antonio Graceffo, Ph.D., is a China economy analyst who has spent more than 20 years in Asia. Graceffo is a graduate of the Shanghai University of Sport, holds an MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and studied national security at American Military University.