Interesting → Description of CHINA

After the Intelligence Community heads testified before Congress.

POTUS suggested we (read) their full statements to avoid being duped by the Fake News.

So I read the complete: (29 January 2019 Worldwide Threat Assessment)

This is a description of CHINA from that assessment.

(pg. 25)

The Coming Ideological Battle

Chinese leaders will increasingly seek to assert China’s model of authoritarian capitalism as an alternative—and implicitly superior—development path abroad, exacerbating great-power competition that could threaten international support for democracy, human rights, and the rule oflaw.

 The actions of Xi and his advisers—doubling down on authoritarianism at home and showing they are comfortable with authoritarian regimes abroad—along with China’s opaque commercial and development practices, reward compliant foreign leaders and can be corrosive to civil society and the rule of law.

 At the 2018 Central Foreign Affairs Work Conference, Xi stated his desire to lead the reform of the global governance system, driving a period of increased Chinese foreign policy activism and a Chinese worldview that links China’s domestic vision to its international vision.

• China’s model of authoritarian capitalism ← Calling it like it is. imho.

https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/2019-ATA-SFR—SSCI.pdf