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This testimony focuses on Chinese national security policy narratives that are specifically directed at Americans. Chinese elites manage to deliver a range of messages tailored to American audiences that could have the effect of encouraging the US to act, or in some cases refrain from acting, in ways that serve Chinese interests at the expense of US interests or broader international norms. The author argues that American defense planners should pay more attention to the contradictions among various Chinese national security policy statements as well as to the gaps between the narratives tailored for Americans and those conveyed to the domestic Chinese population.