by Jim Talent
Our prominent cultural and sports figures ought to consider plausible alternatives to doing business with China on Beijing’s terms.
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Security cameras above the perimeter fence of what is officially known as a vocational skills education center in Dabancheng, in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, in 2018.
Thomas Peter/Reuters
The leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) view the Olympics as a platform from which to proclaim their vision for the world: what Beijing calls the “community of common destiny for mankind.” The CCP may be vague about what this common destiny holds in store for the rest of us, but we can get an idea if we look at how Beijing operates in areas that are already firmly under its control.
To wit, Xinjiang Province, where live the Uyghur people.
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Jim Talent is a former United States Senator from Missouri and former chairman of the Seapower Subcommittee on the Senate Armed Services Committee. He is currently a senior fellow at the Reagan Institute’s Center for Peace through Strength and a board member of the Bartlett Maritime Corporation.
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The leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) view the Olympics as a platform from which to proclaim their vision for the world: what Beijing calls the “community of common destiny for mankind.” The CCP may be vague about what this common destiny holds in store for the rest of us, but we can get an idea if we look at how Beijing operates in areas that are already firmly under its control.
To wit, Xinjiang Province, where live the Uyghur people.
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About the Author
Jim Talent is a former United States Senator from Missouri and former chairman of the Seapower Subcommittee on the Senate Armed Services Committee. He is currently a senior fellow at the Reagan Institute’s Center for Peace through Strength and a board member of the Bartlett Maritime Corporation.
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