Commentary In a recent article for The National Interest, the Singaporean Diplomat Kishore Mahbubani discusses the threat–or more specifically, the non-threat–posed by China. According to the author, the communist nation “is not a threat to American security.” Mahbubani wonders why “an amazing number of Americans, even thoughtful, well-informed Americans, believe that China is on a mission to undermine American values.” Of course, they do, because that is China’s mission. In January of this year, Bloomberg reported that a group of WeChat users in California were suing “Tencent Holdings Ltd., the Chinese owner of the messaging and payment app, for allegedly violating their right to privacy by surveilling and censoring their communications.” Meanwhile, according to a recent CNBC report, there are legitimate fears that “the Chinese government could use TikTok to spread propaganda or censorship” across America, “or to exercise influence over users who may come to regret what they posted on the …
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