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OPINION:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The May 2026 Trump-Xi summit revealed a dangerous temptation in American foreign policy: the desire to substitute comforting illusions for strategic clarity.<\/p>\n

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But illusions do not preserve peace. They invite aggression. The free world must reject Beijing\u2019s false narratives and recognize the Chinese Communist Party for what it is: an authoritarian regime fundamentally hostile to liberty, transparency, democratic civilization and America and all that we represent.<\/p>\n

Only clear-eyed realism, not summit theater, can preserve peace and freedom in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.<\/p>\n

1. The myth of the \u201cThucydides Trap\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Beijing summit revived the tired mythology of the \u201cThucydides Trap,\u201d the claim that conflict between the United States and China is inevitable because a rising China is displacing a declining America. This theory is not only intellectually bankrupt, but also historically erroneous, because the rising power was defeated in the Peloponnesian war that Thucydides masterfully documented.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Xi Jinping himself is trapped not by geopolitical reality, but by Marxist-Leninist dogma, which insists capitalism is collapsing and communist victory triumphantly inexorable. The CCP mistakes dogma and propaganda for reality. America remains the world\u2019s leading military, technological and financial power, the global hub of innovation and inspiration, the only superpower capable of shaping global security, trade and alliance environments.<\/p>\n

China, meanwhile, faces demographic collapse, economic stagnation, mass unemployment, popular disenchantment and elite political instability. More importantly, the real divide is not \u201cChina versus America,\u201d but communist China versus the entire free world.<\/p>\n

2. Taiwan is not the core issue<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beijing insists that Taiwan is \u201cthe most important issue\u201d in U.S.-China relations. This is false. The central issue is the irreconcilable conflict between the CCP\u2019s authoritarian ideology and the democratic principles of the free world. Taiwan merely exposes and amplifies that contradiction.<\/p>\n

Beijing elevates Taiwan because it allows the CCP to avoid scrutiny of its dictatorship, concentration camps, censorship, repression, sponsoring of anti-American terror regimes and predatory economic practices. To filibuster the U.S. president with Taiwan is to nullify U.S. demands for bilateral cooperation on trade, artificial intelligence security management, fentanyl facilitation, regime support for Russia and Iran, reciprocal market access, etc. Taiwan is not the cause of tension; the CCP\u2019s hostility toward freedom and free market is.<\/p>\n

3. Taiwan Is already independent<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beijing falsely claims that \u201cTaiwan going independent\u201d is provoking instability across the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan is already independent in every meaningful sense.<\/p>\n

It has its own government, military, constitution, elections, currency and borders. The Republic of China on Taiwan has never been governed by the People\u2019s Republic of China for a single day. Taiwanese leaders repeatedly state that there is no need to \u201cdeclare independence\u201d because Taiwan already functions as a sovereign state. The real destabilizing force is the CCP\u2019s refusal to accept reality.<\/p>\n

4. Taiwan does not belong to communist China<\/strong><\/p>\n

The summit repeated the falsehood that Taiwan \u201cbelongs to China.\u201d History, law, and political reality say otherwise.<\/p>\n

Beijing\u2019s obsession with Taiwan is not about territorial integrity but revolutionary ideology. The CCP is driven by what George Kennan identified in the Soviet Union decades ago: an expansionist ideological compulsion. Taiwan is merely the first link in a broader chain of regional aggression.<\/p>\n

Beijing threatens Japan in the East China Sea, intimidates the Philippines in the South China Sea, pressures India along the Himalayas, menaces Vietnam, and bullies virtually every neighboring state. Taiwan is not the end goal; it is the opening objective.<\/p>\n

5. Xi Jinping Is not a master strategist<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many summit observers portrayed Mr. Xi Jinping as a visionary statesman shaping a new world order of peace and stability. In reality, he is increasingly weak both domestically and internationally.<\/p>\n

Under his rule, China\u2019s economy is deteriorating under massive debt, collapsing consumer confidence, and youth unemployment. Political purges inside the Politburo and the People\u2019s Liberation Army reveal deep instability within the regime. Mr. Xi\u2019s endless purges demonstrate paranoia, not strength. Far from commanding admiration, Mr. Xi is increasingly viewed within China as an insecure autocrat obsessed with personal power.<\/p>\n

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China\u2019s dependence on Western export markets and imported energy also leaves the regime strategically vulnerable. Beijing\u2019s military setbacks and the poor reputation of Chinese weapons systems abroad have further damaged CCP prestige.<\/p>\n

6. China is not truly open for business<\/strong><\/p>\n

The summit promoted the illusion that China remains open to foreign business. This is increasingly detached from reality.<\/p>\n

Foreign direct investment into China has plummeted. Western, Japanese, South Korean and Taiwanese firms are shifting production elsewhere as \u201cde-risking\u201d accelerates. China\u2019s anti-espionage laws, forced technology transfers, arbitrary regulations, data restrictions and political crackdowns have made the country deeply unattractive for investment.<\/p>\n

The CCP demands market access abroad while imposing Orwellian controls at home. Decoupling is no longer theoretical but a fast-developing reality.<\/p>\n

7. Communist China is not peace-loving<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beijing continues to market itself as a \u201cpeace-loving nation.\u201d History says otherwise. Communist China has consistently relied on coercion, intimidation and aggression.<\/p>\n

From the Korean War to the invasion of Vietnam, from border clashes with India to militarization of the South China Sea, the CCP has repeatedly used force to achieve political objectives. Today, China conducts near-daily military intimidation against Taiwan while threatening neighboring states. A regime that openly prepares for war while threatening democratic nations cannot credibly claim to be a force for peace.<\/p>\n

8. \u201cWin-win cooperation\u201d is a dangerous illusion<\/strong><\/p>\n

Summit advocates claimed that U.S.-China cooperation can succeed without addressing democracy, human rights, political repression or China\u2019s predatory economic model. This fantasy ignores the nature of the CCP system itself.<\/p>\n

Beijing\u2019s so-called \u201cFour Red Lines\u201d are designed to silence criticism while preserving the Party\u2019s authoritarian control. But there can be no genuine stability while the CCP continues genocide against Uyghurs, dismantles Hong Kong freedoms, weaponizes trade, steals intellectual property and suppresses basic liberties. Cooperation detached from moral reality becomes appeasement.<\/p>\n

9. \u201cMutual respect\u201d is Beijing\u2019s propaganda trap<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beijing repeatedly insists the root problem in bilateral relations is that America \u201cdoes not respect China.\u201d This slogan is deliberately manipulative.<\/p>\n

The U.S. respects the Chinese people and Chinese civilization. What it refuses to respect is the CCP\u2019s demand for deference and immunity from criticism. \u201cMutual respect\u201d in Beijing\u2019s language means silence about dictatorship, aggression and repression. Respect cannot mean surrendering truth or abandoning democratic values.<\/p>\n

10. The CCP does not represent China<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perhaps the biggest falsehood of all is the claim that the CCP represents China and the Chinese people. It does not. The CCP is a Leninist ruling apparatus of European origin that maintains power through censorship, surveillance, coercion and fear.<\/p>\n

Chinese civilization is thousands of years old; the CCP has ruled for less than eight decades. Millions of Chinese citizens themselves seek freedom, dignity and opportunity outside party control. To criticize the CCP is not to attack China. On the contrary, separating China from the CCP is essential to understanding both.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Miles Yu is the director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute. His \u201cRed Horizon\u201d column appears every other Tuesday in The Washington Times. He can be reached at mmilesyu@gmail.com.<\/em><\/p>\n

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