Commentary
Chinese leader Xi Jinping presses his case for world leadership through a “global security initiative.” But flowery words mask the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) real intentions.
Another day, another communist Chinese grand initiative. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Made in China 2025, Digital Silk Road (and “Digital China”), Polar Silk Road, etc. This one is perhaps the most grandiose of all: a “global security initiative.”
But what are the real goals that are obfuscated by the flowery language used by Xi during his keynote speech given at the Boao Asia Forum on April 21? The reality is that the global security initiative is just the latest communist Chinese application of lipstick on a pig.
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