Call it by its Name: Communist Chinese Imperialism
Dr. Christopher Ford • November 20, 2024
Dr. Ford's paper on parallels between European imperialism of yesterday and the Chinese Communist Party's behavior vis-a-vis the Global South today was published in November 2024 by the National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP), as number 11 in volume 4 of its Occasional Papers series. You can find it on NIPP's website here, or use the button below to download a PDF.


Below is the prepared text upon which Dr. Ford based his shorter oral remarks to the U.S-China Nuclear Workshop on November 19, 2025, convened by the Protect on Managing the Atom and the Council on Strategic Risks, held at the Belfer Center at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.








