"This may make it more challenging for the US to work with China on a whole host of issues, including combatting climate change, trade, [and] North Korean demilitarization," says Matt Abbott.
Condemning the CCP regime "will have limited utility and success in either liberalizing China or yielding other strategic benefits for the United States."
“A series of radical rulings makes America’s exhortations about promoting democracy ring hollow,” write Senior Fellows Elizabeth Shackelford and Dina Smeltz.