One could not blame China for being somewhat mystified by this new categorization.
Lets just review for a moment.
The Tienanmen Square massacre took place in 1989. Tanks rolled over peaceful protesters by the hundreds.
In less than three years, China was to become the focus of an effort that would turn it into our largest trading partner by a magnitude.
Here we were as a nation rewarding one of the most despicable leaderships on the face of the planet.
Now all of a sudden we are getting weak kneed about human rights? Seriously?
This should have taken place the moment that massacre took place, not 18 year later. We should not have gifted China with half a century or more of technical know how, and the massive wealth to utilize it.
While I do think the Trump administration is probably correct here, it certainly makes our policies over the last 20 years look sick.
I said it was and would be seen for that back in the early 1990s, while others laughed and said I need to get with it.
The day of reckoning fast approaches evidently.