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Insider Interview: Exposing and Confronting the CCP’s Genocidal Subjugation of It’s People (feat. Olivia Enos)

2024/10/3
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Miles Yu认为，长期以来，美国政府在对华政策中将人权问题置于次要地位，甚至视为与安全和战略对话无关，这是一个巨大的错误。美国应该充分利用人权这一杠杆，向中国施压，改善中国的人权状况。他还指出，美国政府发布的人权报告常常是为了回应国内批评，而非真正改善美中关系。冷战时期，美国对苏联的人权问题采取了强硬立场，而对中国则相对宽容，这其中的原因值得探讨。 Miles Yu还批评了拜登政府的对华政策，认为其缺乏清晰的立场，在对抗与合作之间摇摆不定，导致政策制定停滞。他认为，美国需要在对华政策上达成全国共识，明确立场，才能有效应对中国构成的威胁。 Miles Yu还指出，中国并非市场经济体，美国对华政策应基于“不信任但核实”的原则。 Olivia Enos认为，美国对华政策中，人权问题常常被视为次要的，这是一个错误，因为中国共产党将压制和侵犯人权视为核心战略。中国共产党将人权问题（如香港动乱、对维吾尔族和藏人的迫害等）视为其维护主权和内部稳定的核心目标。美国应将人权作为对华战略的重要组成部分。 Olivia Enos还指出，美国的民主制度与中国的共产主义制度根本不同，美国的人权观念与中国政府的观念截然相反。中国等极权政府试图破坏人际信任，将民众对政府的依赖性最大化，从而维持其统治。极权主义政府以人民的名义侵犯人民的权利，历史反复证明这种制度行不通。 Olivia Enos还谈到了对维吾尔族人民的种族灭绝和反人类罪行，以及中国政府对所有有组织宗教的战争。她认为，美国需要对中国的人权侵犯采取更强硬的立场，并利用经济手段向中国施压。

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Despite often being treated as secondary, human rights are central to the CCP's goals of maintaining power and internal stability. The US should leverage human rights as a crucial component of its overall China strategy.
  • Human rights issues are often viewed as secondary in US foreign policy towards China.
  • The CCP considers human rights violations central to maintaining its power.
  • The US is missing opportunities by not using human rights as an essential part of its China strategy.

Shownotes Transcript

Human rights sat decidedly at the core of the bi-lateral relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States during the cold war. International awareness, dissident support and tangible accountability measures made human rights a powerful tool in the US arsenal to combat communist influence. Yet, today we don't see the same clarity in policy and action applied to the actions of the Chinese Communist Party. Whether it's the Uyghurs, or any other group from the laundry list of oppressed minorities, the CCP has made it a policy to subjugate, kill, silence or "re-educate" anyone who does not center their beliefs around those of the party. Senior Fellow, Olivia Enos, joins the show this week to paint a scary picture of just how widespread CCP repression is, and how the US can step up to the plate to hold the communist regime to account for its human rights violations.