It is clear that we cannot deal with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the same way that we deal with other democracies. The promise that China would become more free and democratic as a consequence of including them in the WTO and giving them the same access to our markets did not come to pass, in fact the opposite is true.

The CCP has lied repeatedly and is quite literally getting away with murder, not only we have not convinced the CCP to become more free by inclusion, they have convinced the rest of the world to believe their lies and censor for them, as you can see by the NBA’s reaction to a simple twit supporting HK or the lack of exposure the Dalai Lama ever gets today, or the lack of criticism the CCP ever gets from Hollywood.

Doing business with the CCP may seem great in the short term, but in the long term it is poisoning the world as you can see with COVID-19 and the WHO doing China’s bidding.

Therefore we cannot allow the CCP to keep growing strong by taking advantage of all the benefits we have given them while playing by their own rules, they must get special treatment, a treatment that will only ever be relaxed when they actually implement Freedom of Speech, Rule of Law, Human Rights, etc.

Here is how most foreign governments (especially democracies who claim to champion human rights and freedom of speech like the EU, the US and Japan) should deal with the CCP:

Don’t manufacture, outsource or import anything critical from China, such as medical equipment, weapons, or anything that can put national security in the hands of an oppressive regime.



Don’t allow the sale of any electronic device or service that’s made and designed by a Chinese company outside of China where your privacy is at risk. The CCP is an oppressive regime with no Rule of Law or concept of privacy, hence buying or using any Chinese service that would put your privacy in their hands, means that you have no privacy of any kind. This means Huaweii, Oppo, Alibaba Cloud, WeChat etc should never be allowed to operate outside of China.

Tech companies that hold private data of users should not be allowed to operate within China by our own governments either. The CCP is well known for blackmailing companies to do what they want, this usually includes shutting down access to their market or even boycotting an entire country. Therefore what’s to stop the CCP from hustling an American or European tech company to reveal personal user data or cut their access to the Chinese market? This could even be happening now with Microsoft or other companies that operate there.

Remove China from the WTO. The CCP has disregarded and violated pretty much every WTO rule, therefore they must not have the same level of access to free markets operating under those same rules.



All CCP sponsored media outlet, whether video, image or printed must have a big disclaimer like we put on cigarettes in red letters explicitly stating that the information they provide is propaganda and likely to be a lie or distorted to push the CCP agenda.



Every Chinese student from mainland China who goes abroad to study must go to a counter-brainwashing class teaching them what rule of law and freedom of speech means and why they are so important to improve the lives of people.

This class should also debunk all the myths and lies that the CCP has brainwashed people at home and abroad, such as:

Democracy wouldn’t work in China because it’s too big.

Censorship is necessary for stability in China.

The CCP has lifted millions of people out of poverty (as opposed to Chinese people themselves with their hard work)

Etc.



Also this class must teach Chinese students pieces of history that the CCP has lied about or omitted. Such as:

Tiananmen Square

The treatment of Tibet

Uyghurs Concentration camps

Falun Gong Self-immolation Hoax

etc.

No Chinese company must be allowed to trade in the US or any foreign market, if you need an explanation why, you must watch The China Hustle documentary on Netflix.



Any figures or data that comes from the CCP must be heavily questioned and disallowed to use as an official figure. The CCP lies by default, truth for them is not the rule, but the exception, just look at the number of COVID-19 reported cases from China compared to the rest of the world and how our media and governments are relaying them as true, it’s a joke.



International organisations should only be allowed to liaise with China under heavy supervision and no member with CCP sympathies should be allowed to lead any of these, such as Tedros and the WHO.



Some low risk companies such as fashion or fast food chains can operate in China if they want to, however if any of these companies receives unfair treatment from the local government it is fair for us to do the same to any Chinese company abroad, especially if this company has a high stake by the CCP (All big Chinese companies do)



Hollywood and foreign media must not be allowed to show films in China because in doing so they are not only complying to censorship in China, they also censor themselves domestically as well. Try and remember the last film that has been critical of the CCP or portray them in any negative way whatsoever, this is only increasing ignorance in the world about the biggest most oppressive regime on the planet.

Put sanctions on any company who complies with CCPs censorship outside of China. It is not our responsibility or our right to demand China to censor within their borders, but we can absolutely demand and defend freedom of speech abroad as the most essential human right.

Proactively educate the population about the CCP, based on facts, not on what the CCP says. The CCP has done a phenomenal brainwashing people at home and abroad, our governments and media outlets in the meantime have been slow to catch up to the threat of an oppressive regime dictating rules and censorship abroad, they have also been very slow educating us on all the horrendous things that the CCP has done and it's still doing while in power, such as organ harvesting. Everyone must be aware of what the CCP is doing and what would happen if they were to dominate international politics.

Recognise Taiwan as a country. When mainland China runs under a democratic government that respects human rights we can talk about reunification, in the meantime Taiwan must remain independent so real Chinese culture can be preserved and not distorted by the CCP. Also Taiwan should be consulted on China matters as they are more likely to know the truth about the CCP than we do… just look how well they did with COVID-19. If you don’t trust and deal with the CCP, great things will happen to you.

Ensure that the CCP knows that if they violate the freedoms of HK or Macao, there will be repercussions as the ones outlined above. We must aid and support all free areas of China for as long as we can so they fall under the dark mantle of an authoritarian regime.

Lift some or all of the above if the CCP reforms itself to be more free and democratic, but keep a nimble a system that can quickly penalise them if they get out of line again. - we can only trust the CCPs actions, not their word, if they start showing clear improvements and we are allowed to monitor this we should help their inclusion into the world economics, but we should be aware that their word is worth very little as they rarely follow through on what they say.

These are all suggestions (and definitely not an exhaustive list), even if only some of the above were applied it would be better than what we have now. Let me clear that we all want the Chinese people and to do great for themselves, to have a free China ruled under similar principles that Taiwan or other democracies are rules today would be greatly beneficial for the world and the Chinese people, and we all hope that one day the above will be unnecessary, but in the meantime I am afraid there is no other way to deal with the CCP.