"Morning Keynote: Fourth Annual China Power Conference China’s Power: Up for Debate" in CSIS (13 December 2019)
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But the way I look at the world: There’s state-controlled countries and there are self-determination countries. Now, there are different forms of self-determination. There’s social democracies, like France. There’s representative democracies, like ours. But in self-determination it’s pretty clear, it’s a monolithic model. And that is, a few people get power, and they dictate to the rest of the people what their – what life is going to be about.
— David Perdue
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About David Perdue
David Alfred Perdue Jr. (born December 10, 1949) is an American politician and business executive who is serving as the United States ambassador to China since 2025 and previously served as a United States senator from Georgia from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Perdue was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Georgia in 2022.
About David Perdue
David Alfred Perdue Jr. (born December 10, 1949) is an American politician and business executive who is serving as the United States ambassador to China since 2025 and previously served as a United States senator from Georgia from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Perdue was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Georgia in 2022.
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