An Answer to Aggression: How to Push Back Against Beijing - Public opinion polls show that over 60 percent of Americans of both political parties now hold a negative view of Beijing’s leadership and intentions, and similar attitudes can be found across the democratic world.

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[–]Chipit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That's un-possible. Our elites brought China to power by admitting them to the WTO. Without that they'd still be a backwater.

[–]StillLessons 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is the nub of it. Politics for thousands of years has been about defining "us" and "them". The China-US relationship is a great case study demonstrating that there is only "them". As you say, China wouldn't be where they are but for their promotion by the US elites. Kissinger in particular opened this door. Biden is clearly a total Chinese ally. A very large percentage of the US corporate structure is deeply enmeshed in China, for selfish gain. It gets hard to sort out "who is china" and "who is us". The same forces that are being called "evil" in China are absolutely active inside our own borders. Are we willing to act against these actors, too? Google? Apple? Biotech?

It's not so easy as "us" against China. Not remotely.