1. Western strategy has suffered from the post WWII John Birch Society advanced demonization of the left in the international arena. We might have avoided the current China crisis and the #Vietnam War had we been willing to not take such an aggressive stance against the
2. leftist anti-colonial forces that moved to retake control of colonies after Germany and Japan's defeat. Rather than support independence we advanced confused policies that were easily exploited by the most radical forces in the emerging post-colonial world. We played a key
3. role in the radicalization of the Chinese Communist Party by myopic racist policies directed at the Chinese Communists that were passed through a lens of clever propaganda as racial attacks on the Chinese people who had long suffered from racism and Colonial exploitation.
4. Russia is an historical imperial power and Stalin was never committed to anything but global domination through force. China under Mao was anti-imperialist and the weakness that Xi and the CCP have, that we have failed to exploit, is that China is now an aggressive imperial
5. force that conflicts with Maoist orthodoxy. When we talk to adversaries we tend to talk to their leaders especially when dealing with authoritarian states. But our focus should be on talking directly to the people of these countries that we can now reach because
6. of the global communications web that even the most committed authoritarians have difficulty securing from the global flood of information. When we talk about the @Olympics #DiplomaticBoycott we must be careful to make it clear that the genocide is directed at Chinese
7. citizens who have been singled out because they are an ethnic and religious minority. Educate the Chinese people that racism is evil and was used against Chinese for century. Call on them to support the teachings of Chairman Mao who at least paid lip service to the need to
8. treat minorities with respect and human decency. Show that nations employing racist policies are less stable and less economically successful. Face our own racial history in the context that change is difficult but must be advanced. The CCP is very good at "whataboutism" and
9. we should admit our flaws while showing that change has come. Ask the Chinse when they expect a #Uyghur Chair of the Central Military Commission or Chair of the CCP Central Committee and remind them we have had a Black president and currently and mixed Asian Black VP. Ask when
10. will the CCP evolve to match the US in racial relations and political equality. And then ask if they like it when Chinese suffer from racism. But don't talk to the CCP to Xi. Talk directly to the Chinese people. The message will reach them. @WHNSC @SecBlinken @PressSec
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