The Death of the “Liberal Myth” in U.S. China Policy

http://www.newparadigmsforum.com/NPFtestsite/?p=1896

NEW PARADIGMS FORUM

November 20, 2014

The Death of the “Liberal Myth” in U.S. China Policy

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Below follows the text that Dr. Ford prepared for his remarks at Hudson Institute on November 20, 2014, for an event on “Winning Asia: Why is the United States Struggling?”  Charles Horner and John Lee of Hudson Institute were the other participants.

Good afternoon.  It’s a great pleasure to be back at Hudson, even if only for a few hours, and to see some of my old colleagues again.

The title of this event refers to the question of who is “winning” Asia, which presupposes a competition for influence in the region.  This idea is not at all controversial in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) itself, of course, where public officials have spoken in baldly competitive terms for decades.  The idea of a strategic “competition” with the PRC, however, has been controversial in U.S. China policy circles for many years. http://www.newparadigmsforum.com/NPFtestsite/?p=1896