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Eric Brown is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, where he writes on Asian and Middle Eastern affairs, international security and development, and U.S. strategy.
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A Long, Twilight Struggle
Americans should bear in mind that the foreign policy of the Chinese Communist Party is animated by the regime’s struggle to control its own people.