Because the PRC is a nation subject to an authoritarian party that is antagonistic to the liberal democracies in that region that given half a chance looks for

Because the PRC is a nation subject to an authoritarian party that is antagonistic to the liberal democracies in that region that given half a chance looks for new and innovative ways to subject private society to more of its influence and control. Nobody should have any reason to think that short of being contained that it will stop at the “boundaries” of Asia, nor does anyone in Asia actually deserve to live subject to the CCP.