Since the opening of diplomatic relations with China in 1972, the American strategy of engagement, however well intentioned, has been deeply naïve. While accepting America’s efforts to facilitate their country’s modernization, China’s leaders have worked to restrict any liberal effects on their political system. Now that China is strong, the Chinese Communist Party no longer believes that it must accommodate American concerns about its human rights record, military modernization, and foreign policy.
自从1972年打开中美外交关系的大门，无论愿望多么良好，但美国的接触政策却是非常的天真。中国领导人在接受美国帮助,努力促进本国现代化的同时，严厉限制自由主义对中国政治制度的任何影响。现在中国已经强大了，中共认为不需要再在乎美国对中国的人权记录、军队现代化和外交政策的看法了。
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About the Hoover Institution Project on China's Global Sharp Power
The Hoover Institution’s project on China’s Global Sharp Power (CGSP) tracks, documents, and analyzes how China’s Communist party-state operates in the shadows to shape and control information flows, coerce governments and corporations, infiltrate and corrupt political systems, and exploit, disrupt, and debase civic institutions, particularly in open and democratic societies. Through its research and global partnerships, CGSP produces papers, lectures, conferences, workshops, publications, and web-accessible resources to educate opinion leaders and policy makers so that they may pursue diverse, balanced, and vigilant relationships with China, tailored to their circumstances.
