Why the CCP Calls American Values "Spiritual Pollution"

Melissa Chen explains why the Chinese Communist Party views American values of individualism, liberty, and democracy as an existential threat. At Tiananmen Square in 1989, students built a Statue of Liberty and recited the Declaration of Independence. To the CCP, that moment made clear that the American way of life is not just a competing ideology, it is a direct threat to the regime's survival.