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Sapio shows how the Chinese government's condemnation of Western values is a 'signal of regime strength rather than weakness' and must be interpreted within the context of Party rhetoric as an attempt to develop an 'indigenous ontology of political concepts.' She argues that the recent moves are part of a larger project to develop a uniquely Chinese perspective on politics and society in order to achieve Chinese 'regional and global hegemony.' She also demonstrates how the attack on Western values is limited to an attack on the liberal democratic ideas and institutions that threaten the 'Party's monopoly over matters of ideology' and do not presage a closing to the West in general but rather a shift in emphasis. She insists that an exegesis that is faithful to an ideology is not necessarily a defense of that ideology. Adapted from the source document.

Social values are an important foundation of political attitudes, yet political controversies often embody conflicts between values, placing the citizen in an awkward position of having to prioritize competing values. One strategy is to consider the groups that are symbolically associated with the competing values. Groups held in high esteem will enhance associated values; groups held in disregard will diminish associated values. Persuasive communicators exploit this process by assailing groups that have been publicly associated with certain issue positions or values as "extreme" or "radical." Even if the group represents a consensus value like equal opportunity, the extremist label suggests the group's agenda embodies an excessive and uncompromising imposition of this value. This article reports on four experiments that investigated how the extremist label can undermine support for a group's position. We further examine how reputation affects judgments of value priorities.