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OPEN LETTER to The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party

The Honorable Mike Gallagher, WI Chair

 Dear Mr. Chairman:

You and the Select Committee are misinformed about the Nature and Intentions of the Chinese Communist Party.

They are not our Enemy. They are not an Evil Force. Indeed, according to The World Bank, in the last 30-40 years under the governance of the CCP “more than 800 million people have been lifted out of poverty.” ( https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/china/overview#1 )

That is the greatest Humanitarian Achievement since the invention of vaccines.

The number of people helped exceeds that of the Berlin Airlift and the Marshall Plan combined. (Re-Interpreting the Meaning of China for the USA https://interpretat.blogspot.com/2022/02/re-interpreting-meaning-of-china-for-usa.html )

Something that you, the Committee, and the American people don’t hear from the US media is that the Chinese people appreciate what the CCP has done for them. Several different pre-COVID social science studies show this appreciation.

 

One 2020 study of the new middle class showed that “trust in the national government reaches 97% and trust in local governments is at 79%.” Also, over 82% of “the Chinese middle class are proud of their state” and want to continue living in China. (See “Re-Interpreting,” above.)

 

A Harvard study of Chinese public opinion, reported in 2020, that, “95.5 percent of respondents were either ‘relatively satisfied’ or ‘highly satisfied’ with Beijing.” (See “Re-Interpreting,” above. The Harvard authors affirm that the Chinese responses were authentic, and not based on fear or propaganda.)

 

In contrast, a 2020 Gallup poll in the US found that only 38 percent of respondents were satisfied with the US federal government.

There are two symbols that summarize China’s foreign policy.

First is The Great Wall. It was designed to keep enemies out, but also to mark China’s boundaries. They have done almost nothing to extend their boundaries beyond the Great Wall. (In 1979 China had a brief skirmish with Viet Nam over the boundary line, but walked away from the fight. That was the last time the PLA engaged in armed conflict – 44 years ago.)

Second, the Old Silk Road. The only reason China has for going out beyond the Great Wall is to establish trade. In every one of the thousands of cases, China seeks business contracts through negotiation. It has never used force for trade advantages.

Wherefore, for these, and other reasons, the United States government should stop indulging the Arms Industry’s desire to make the American people fear and hate China and the CCP. We don’t need to increase military spending to prepare for an attack that they have no intentions of ever bringing. Bills punishing and provoking China are an injustice and a grave mistake.

Your Fellow Citizen,

William J. Kelleher, Ph.D.

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