{"id":1764300,"date":"2022-12-06T07:52:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T12:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1764300"},"modified":"2022-12-06T09:33:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T14:33:20","slug":"rogue-superpower-china-is-a-global-pariah-and-shows-no-remorse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rogue-superpower-china-is-a-global-pariah-and-shows-no-remorse\/","title":{"rendered":"Rogue Superpower: China Is A Global Pariah and Shows No Remorse"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frogue-superpower-china-is-a-global-pariah-and-shows-no-remorse%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1764300&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/China-1000-Nuclear-Warheads-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>China is being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-63857194\">wracked<\/a> by popular protests on a scale not seen since Tiananmen Square. But how much have the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/dec\/04\/fears-of-deadly-infection-surge-as-china-abandons-zero-covid-policy\">demonstrations<\/a> made the regime rethink its autocratic ways? So far, the answer seems to be: Not much.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<\/p>\n<p><span>The regime has softened its public rhetoric. For several days now, public officials and the government-controlled media have foregone talk of \u201cdynamic clearing,\u201d the official description of China\u2019s zero-COVID policy. Instead, they have emphasized \u201coptimizing\u201d pandemic controls.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>The change in tone signals that Xi\u2019s draconian COVID lockdowns may be gradually eased.<\/span> <span>Local governments are being told to target their lockdowns more narrowly, impose them quickly, and end them as fast as they can. Some locations \u2013 such as Beijing and Guangzhou, which are both experiencing surges of infections \u2013 are tweaking their rules to allow more business as usual, letting mild cases quarantine at home rather than forcing them into centralized facilities.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>But don\u2019t assume this means Beijing is loosening its grip on the Chinese people.<\/span> <span>Nor should anybody expect a 180-degree shift in China\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/health-china-beijing-xi-jinping-shanghai-bbf9a33c560aec533dedef95fc2d4c98\">COVID-19 policies<\/a>. It is mostly the narrative that is shifting. If infections spike again, expect a quick return to brutal crackdowns.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>Still, the widespread protests and the regime\u2019s demonstrated confusion on how to manage them are telling. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/11\/america-needs-a-real-ambassador-to-china-not-to-the-ccp\/\">Chinese Communist Party<\/a> is not secure. In addition to struggling with its COVID policy, the regime faces the longer-term challenge of sustaining economic growth despite a looming demographic crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The protests remind us that as aggressive as China has become in the last few years, a number of vulnerabilities, both within and outside of its borders, diminish the threat posed by Beijing.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>The worst policies would look to accommodate China out of fear of losing access to cash and favors from Beijing. All indications are that China will be a less reliable and dependable partner in the future. Instead, it will become even more exploitive and manipulative as it struggles to sustain its global stature.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rather than try to accommodate Beijing and hope for the best, the U.S. and its friends, allies, and partners should work to get ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/12\/a-win-for-ukraine-against-russia-means-trouble-for-china-and-north-korea\/\">threat<\/a>.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>Authoritarian regimes are always weakest when they are pressed from without and within. External competition, isolation, and pressure will force the Chinese Communist Party to make difficult choices that pit rising expectations at home against ambitions to expand Beijing\u2019s influence abroad.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>In just the last few years, China has triggered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/05\/china-must-pay-a-price-for-covid-19\/\">global pandemic<\/a>, greenlit Russia\u2019s unconscionable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/12\/putins-biggest-fear-russia-runs-out-of-ammo-to-fight-ukraine\/\">invasion of Ukraine<\/a>, threatened the people of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/11\/taiwan-would-china-dare-invade\/\">Taiwan<\/a>, conducted a malicious global campaign of espionage, and compiled the world\u2019s worst record on human rights and environmental protections. China must be held accountable for its atrocious behavior. It should be treated like a global pariah, not courted by governments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>A Heritage Foundation vice president, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/staff\/james-carafano\">James Jay Carafano<\/a> directs the think tanks research on matters of national security and foreign affairs. He is also a 19FortyFive Contributing Editor.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China is being wracked by popular protests on a scale not seen since Tiananmen Square. But how much have the demonstrations made the regime rethink its autocratic ways? 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