Source: Fox News
by John Lenczowski
“When the American government says it seeks improved relations with a country like China, it typically refers to its relationship with the Chinese Communist Party-state and not the nation of China. This is because the U.S. State Department is biased toward relations with governments and not people. And by the very form of our diplomacy, the governments are, in effect, declared to be legitimate representatives of their people. But some governments do not actually represent the people. They rule without the consent of the governed – or any partial variant of consent embodied in such cultural traditions, like respect for the hierarchical authority of kings or tribal chieftains. So, when our diplomacy, in effect, bestows legitimacy on totalitarian tyrannies – regimes that oppress their people – we harm relations with their subject peoples.” (12/14/24)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/win-without-war-state-department-reform-necessary