Top China Experts Make Profound Turnabout, From Engagement to Vigilance

Top China Experts Make Profound Turnabout, From Engagement to Vigilance
Winston Lord, former Ambassador to China, speaks at the launch of the report "Chinese Influence and American Interests: Promoting Constructive Vigilance" at the Hoover Institution in Washington on Nov. 29, 2018. Jennifer Zeng/The Epoch Times
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WASHINGTON—Thirty-two of the world’s top experts on China, some of whom previously favored engaging with the country, have now joined forces in expressing their concerns about the Chinese Communist Party’s influence operations in the United States. They are calling for “constructive vigilance.”

Releasing a 200-page report, “Chinese Influence and American Interests: Promoting Constructive Vigilance,” at the Hoover Institution in Washington on Nov. 29, the authors write of the “disillusionment of an entire generation of China specialists” and a profound turnabout.