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It's more accurate and appropriate to refer to the ruling party rather than the country itself. Many people have issues with Israel's foreign policy for exampl

• Udik 6y ago
  > .. or anyway blame the Israeli people No, they blame "Israel", which is a political and national entity. You can be more specific and blame one leader or party when that is a variable, but that's not the case with China- the CCP is in fact its fundamental political organisation. So the only reason to talk of "the CCP" instead of "China" is that it reframes an issue which is mostly a struggle for economic and military power between countries, to an issue within China itself, between the Chinese people and their government. Which is dishonest, because truth is, from one side the Chinese don't have much issues with their government, it's working great for them; and from the other side, the US would have issue with any government of China, as long as it keeps steadily advancing to become the first economic power in the world. But of course admitting that is not easy, so it's better to pretend the issue is "the CCP".