The engagement strategy should be distinguished between capital-E engagement (engagement with the regime) and small-e engagement (engagement between the two societies), and while capital-E engagement with the CCP regime has run its course given the regime's securitization and Xi's reversal of liberalization, small-e societal engagement through dialogue and connectivity remains vital and should continue despite increased obstacles.
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David ShambaughEvidence Quote
“So as long as the Chinese were um liberalizing politically allowing those sorts of elements of civil society, media, rule of law, then the Americans can can work with that regime with the capital and engagement with a capital E, which is with the regime. Engagement with a small E, you're quite right, is between the two societies.”
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Breaking The Engagement: How China Won And Lost America | Hoover Institution— Hoover InstitutionCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:09:14 AM
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