This Month's Topic: How should the United States relate to China?
China has the fastest growing economy in the world. Its producer and consumer demands are driving prices of fuel upward, and its trade role in the world is significant and growing. It is a world leader as a polluter; it has almost no quality checks on produce leaving the country; its treatment of its people both as citizens and workers is disgraceful. Its foreign policy seems to us amoral. Provide machetes to murderers in Rwanda? Sure! Support the genocide in the Sudan because of oil agreements? No problem! So, how do we deal with these guys? Would the United States be hypocritical to take action against China — can we really claim the moral high ground? And what happens to the world economy if we take action? Would the rest of the world stand with us or against us?
Alternative Response:
Cut 'em off!
The liberals and conservatives want to work with a dictatorial, corrupt, communist regime. That never works.
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The Chinese shamelessly spy on us. They are increasing their military beyond any possible threats. They are becoming the world’s worst polluters. They jail Christians. They censor everything, including the Internet.
The inbred Politburo is not going to change because we would like them to. They will change because they are hurting. We are their biggest trading partner; so let’s cut them off UNLESS they:
- Limit their arms build-up
- Democratize
- Allow unions
- Establish minimum workers’ rights
- Ease censorship
- Allow religious freedom
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The economic harm will force the Chinese to re-consider. It will harm us, but much less. Just like in the First Cold War, sacrifices need to be made.
— Editor
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