Redefining terms like anti-corruption, human rights, democracy, and integrity — even when self-evidently disingenuous — provides China the cover to mimic the mechanisms of good governance while blunting efforts to hold authoritarian regimes accountable, Elaine Dezenski writes.
Elaine Dezenski is Senior Director and Head of the Center on Economic and Financial Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. FDD is a Washington, DC-based, nonpartisan research institute focusing on national security and foreign policy.
So take that into account, but the core point of the whole talk being fluff without any substance is true. All sides talked about how good they are and how good their ideas are without doing anything to actually address any issues.
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So take that into account, but the core point of the whole talk being fluff without any substance is true. All sides talked about how good they are and how good their ideas are without doing anything to actually address any issues.