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BILL GERTZ is a national security correspondent for the Washington Times and is internationally recognized as one of the foremost experts on China-related security affairs. He currently lives in Edgewater, Maryland, with his wife Debra. Find him online at Gertzfile.com and @BillGertz.
The United States’ approach to China since the communist regime in Beijing began a period of reform and opening in the 1980s was based on a promise that trade and engagement would lead to a peaceful, democratic Chinese state. Forty years later, it is obvious that this approach has utterly failed. Instead of a benign People’s Republic of China, the result is a new evil empire more dangerous than the old Soviet Union.
The outbreak of a deadly new form of pneumonia that began in China in late 2019 has shown the world that the regime in Beijing is the most serious threat to world peace and freedom since the Soviet Union.
The United States’ approach to China since the Communist regime in Beijing began the period of reform and opening in the 1980s was based on a promise that trade and engagement with China would result in a peaceful, democratic state. Forty years later, the hope of producing a benign People’s Republic of China utterly failed.