Ruling authorities in Beijing have a growing sense of “fundamental insecurity” about the popularity of the Chinese Communist Party, according to an assessment from President Trump’s administration.

“In Chinese Communist Party rhetoric, we see increasing expression of the fundamental insecurity that the CCP has about its legitimacy with its own citizens,” a senior administration official told reporters Friday.

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