The CCP’s Diplomacy in 2023 Characterized by Setbacks, Containment, Expert Says

Published on December 17, 2023

News Analysis The Chinese communist regime’s diplomacy in 2023 has been characterized by setbacks and containment by free democracies in the world, as its actions and stances on key issues—such as the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea, the Russia-Ukraine war, the Israel-Hamas war, and human rights violations—pose threats to world peace and universal values. A major diplomatic setback for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 2023 is that Western countries have successively adopted “de-risking” measures to reduce their economic reliance on and ties with communist China. “De-risking” was first proposed by President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in March and supported by countries such as Germany, France, and the United States. The G7 summit in Hiroshima in May also set the tone of responding to the CCP’s economic coercion by “de-risking” rather than “decoupling” from the world’s second-largest economy....

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