Excerpt: 'If one day China should change her color and turn into a superpower, if she too should play the tyrant in the world, and everywhere subject others to her bullying, aggression, and exploitation, the people of the world should identify her as social-imperialism, expose it, oppose it and work together with the Chinese people to overthrow it.'

In his article, Cho discusses the idea of creating political division within China and its potential impacts on the US-China relationship. He addresses the questions of “What is the logic behind this idea? What are the problems? A critical review of the strategy suggests a different approach: Washington should instead focus on pressing China to live up to its own promises and obligations.”

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Sungmin Cho is Professor of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS)

The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not represent the views of DKI APCSS, the US Department of Defense or the US government.