China's Pursuit Of 'Absolute National Security' May Lead To Soviet-Style Collapse, Warns Advisor

The blind pursuit of 'absolute national security' coupled with excessive defence spending can lead to the Soviet-style collapse, China's top foreign policy advisor has warned the ruling Communist Party headed by President Xi Jinping.

The pursuit of 'absolute national security' can extract a heavy price, Jia Qingguo, member of China’s top political advisory body - the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) – has said, citing the collapse of the Soviet Union as proof of the pitfalls of putting military expansion over long-term security.

The collapse of the Soviet Union, officially known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or USSR, ruled by the Soviet Communist Party has become a major lesson being taught in top Communist Party of China (CPC) schools across the country to avert decisions that lead to its fall.

Many Chinese leaders have frequently referenced the erstwhile USSR and asked the CPC to learn from its historical experience.

Months after assuming power in 2012, President Xi himself said that the breakdown in party disciplines led to the downfall of the erstwhile USSR's 20 million-strong Communist Party.

'If Party members did and said whatever they wanted, the party would turn into a mob,' Xi said.

Jia, who was also a former dean of the international relations school at Peking University, says the unfettered pursuit of security “will see the costs go up drastically and the benefits go drastically down until the costs outweigh the benefits”, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported on Sunday.

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Fun fact: since kazakhstan was the last country to leave the ussr, that means technically russia gained its independence from kazakhstan

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According to reports, CCP spends more on internal security/surveillance than on PLA and traditional national defence.
Whether CCP can sustain this kind of outlay depends how they cook their books.... and when they'll be found out.

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