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Is There Anything Real About the CCP’s ‘Great’ China?

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Is There Anything Real About the CCP’s ‘Great’ China?
A security guard stands at his post during the opening session of China's rubber-stamp legislature, the National People's Congress, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2024. Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images
Gregory Copley
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Every government in the world is reeling from the seismic shocks of President Donald Trump’s so-called tariff war, perhaps failing to see that the campaign by Trump to force an end to tariffs worldwide is separate from his use of tariffs to finally end the dominance—perhaps the existence—of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Gregory Copley
Gregory Copley
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Gregory Copley is president of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and editor-in-chief of the “Defense & Foreign Affairs” series of publications. Born in Australia, Copley is an entrepreneur, writer, government adviser, defense publication editor, and Member of the Order of Australia. His latest and 37th book is “The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era.”