Biden to Convene Summit to Rally Democracies Against Authoritarianism, Taiwan Wants to Participate

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U.S. President Joe Biden will convene a โ€œSummit for Democracyโ€ with other world leaders in December, the White House said on Aug. 11, in an effort to shore up faith in democratic governance and defend โ€œagainst authoritarianism.โ€

The action is widely seen as a response to the Chinese Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping, who in his speeches has vowed to see that the ruling totalitarian party in China shapes mankindโ€™s common future by promoting โ€œsocialism with Chinese characteristics.โ€

Taiwan, an independent self-ruled liberal democratic island that the Chinese regime wants to claim as part of its territory, expressed its wish to participate in Bidenโ€™s democracy summit after the White Houseโ€™s announcement.

โ€˜Summit for Democracyโ€™

The White House announced Bidenโ€™s plans to bolster support for democracy on Wednesday.

The first summit will be a virtual meeting to take place on Dec. 9 and 10, and โ€œwill galvanize commitments and initiatives across three principal themes: defending against authoritarianism, fighting corruption, and promoting respect for human rights.โ€

The White House said it will plan for a second in-person summit a year later to review each countryโ€™s progress toward these commitments.

โ€œBoth Summits will bring together heads of state, civil society, philanthropy, and the private sector,โ€ the White House said, according to a news release.

The summit is the latest action that the Biden administration has taken to address what the president has called the โ€œchallenge of our timeโ€โ€”a need to demonstrate that โ€œdemocracies can deliver by improving the lives of their own people and by addressing the greatest problems facing the wider world.โ€

Since taking office, Biden has repeatedly warned of a โ€œrace for the 21st century between democracies and autocracies,โ€ particularly in the wake of the disruption caused by the CCP virus pandemic.

The White House said it hopes the summit will allow participating nations to โ€œspeak honestly about the challenges facing democracy so as to collectively strengthen the foundation for democratic renewal.โ€

It didnโ€™t mention which countries will be invited to participate in the summit.

CCPโ€™s Ambitions

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and theย Chinese Communist Party (CCP),ย under the guidance of the partyโ€™sย founding ideological principles ofย Marxism-Leninism and Maoism, have frequently proclaimed in recent months thatย China has been advancing ahead of other countries in controlling COVID-19 outbreaks and its economic recovery. Xi even vowed that the CCP, under his leadership, will be what shapes mankindโ€™sย common futureย and again expressed his dedication to theย communist goalย ofย dominating the world.

Read More Chapter Eighteen, Part I: The Chinese Communist Partyโ€™s Global Ambitions (UPDATED)

On July 6, Xi told political party leaders in over 100 developing countries who have bought into the CCPโ€™s totalitarian vision: โ€œThe CCP insists on making the Chinese people and the people of all countries to have the same destiny โ€ฆ [The CCP] is progressing the development and prosperity of all countries [in the world].โ€

Xi said his confidence in the CCP stems from what he sees as its success in controlling the pandemic.

Byย Nicole Hao

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