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The Reader's Turn

Letter to President Donald Trump on Countering China

Editor’s note: In this joint letter, 130 China experts decided to express their support for U.S. President Donald Trump’s China policies and encourage him to stand up against the Chinese regime.

Dear President Trump,

Over America’s exceptional history, successive generations have risen to the challenge of protecting and furthering our founding principles, and defeating existential threats to our liberties and those of our allies. Today, our generation is challenged to do the same by a virulent and increasingly dangerous threat to human freedoms—the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) through the nation it misrules: the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

The Chinese Communists’ stated ambitions are antithetical to America’s strategic interests, and the PRC is increasingly taking actions that imperil the United States and our allies. The past forty years during which America pursued an open policy of “engagement” with the PRC have contributed materially to the incremental erosion of U.S. national security.

This cannot be permitted to continue.

Full article:

https://www.theepochtimes.com/letter-to-president-donald-trump-on-countering-china_3007563.html

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