Why it’s hard to be pragmatic about relations with Beijing
The Chinese Communist Party has lasted for a 100 years by shaping the world to its own survival. That makes it hard to deal with it on the basis of reason and compromise.
The Chinese Communist Party’s celebrations are not just about marking 100 years of existence as an organisation. It’s a none-too-subtle way of telling the world that longevity grants it not only political and moral legitimacy, but superiority.
The message to the world is that it is wiser to work with this fact, and make the best of it.
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Dr John Lee is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington DC. From 2016-18, he was the senior adviser to the Australian foreign minister.
