US rightly ends Peace Corps mission in China
by Tom Rogan
January 19, 2020 01:22 PM In an overdue but positive step, the Peace Corps has announced it's ending its China operations, starting this summer.
Sen. Marco Rubio hailed the decision, saying: "For too long, Beijing has fooled organizations such as the World Bank and the World Trade Organization into believing otherwise so it could exploit our global institutions. It is time for these organizations, both U.S. and multilateral, to change the way they deal with China."
Not everyone is so happy. A petition is circulating to overturn the decision. And previous Peace Corps volunteers are taking to social media to express their dismay.
Let's be clear: This is the right call.
First, China is manifestly undeserving of this commitment of taxpayer money and citizen advocacy. Under Xi Jinping, Beijing has embarked on a strategy to replace the U.S.-led liberal international order with an authoritarian order that fuses military imperialism and feudal mercantilism. If China succeeds in this effort, it will make the rest of the world poorer, less safe, and less free. No one who values freedom wants it. Why on Earth should America serve our adversary?
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/us-rightly-ends-peace-corps-mission-in-china
