"As China grew richer and stronger, we believed, the Chinese Communist Party would liberalize to meet the rising democratic aspirations of its people. This was a bold, quintessentially American idea, born of our innate optimism and by the experience of our triumph over Soviet Communism. Unfortunately, it turned out to be very naĂŻve."
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National Security Advisor Robert C. OâBrien, "The Chinese Communist Partyâs Ideology and Global Ambitions" (26 June 2020)
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