Trump's ex-NSA says China promoting authoritarianism as alternative to democracy, free-markets
Washington D.C. [USA], April 20 (ANI): China has become a threat to the world due to its Communist leaders who are promoting a closed, authoritarian model as an alternative to other democratic governments and free-market economies, H. R. McMaster, former United States National Security Advisor (NSA), wrote in an article for The Atlantic. Since the days of Deng Xiaoping, in the late 1970s, the assumptions that had governed the American approach to its relationship with China were that the mainland would open its markets and privatize its economy after being welcomed into the international political and economic order. As the country became more prosperous, the Chinese government would respect the rights of its people and liberalize politically. But, McMaster, who served under US President Donald Trump until 2018, said in the article that those assumptions were also proven wrong. The Chinese Communist Party is not only strengthening an internal system that stifles human freedom and extends its authoritarian control; it is also exporting that model and leading the development of new rules and a new international order that would make the world less free and less safe, the former US official wrote.
Trump's ex-NSA says China promoting authoritarianism as alternative to democracy, free-markets
Washington D.C. [USA], April 20 (ANI): China has become a threat to the world due to its Communist leaders who are promoting a closed, authoritarian model as an alternative to other democratic governments and free-market economies, H. R. McMaster, former United States National Security Advisor (NSA), wrote in an article for The Atlantic. Since the days of Deng Xiaoping, in the late 1970s, the assumptions that had governed the American approach to its relationship with China were that the mainland would open its markets and privatize its economy after being welcomed into the international political and economic order. As the country became more prosperous, the Chinese government would respect the rights of its people and liberalize politically. But, McMaster, who served under US President Donald Trump until 2018, said in the article that those assumptions were also proven wrong. The Chinese Communist Party is not only strengthening an internal system that stifles human freedom and extends its authoritarian control; it is also exporting that model and leading the development of new rules and a new international order that would make the world less free and less safe, the former US official wrote.