When people in a relationship argue there are certain things that cause permanent damage to the relationship. This feels like the Chinese are on the path to creating permanent damage to the relationship.
Looking at the issue from a different perspective, trade with China is a relatively small and ultimately replaceable part of the US’ economy. But, if I recall the numbers, US trade represents a much higher percentage of the Chinese GDP. Also the overheated bubble that China is in places their economy at greater risk. They would be much better served by adopting magnanimity and appearing reasonable. Also, they could offer incentives regarding efforts towards North Korea or agree to a pause or reduction in Naval ship building. They have more cards to play if they consider their whole hand. But, it appears they have run away with emotion.
Underneath their facades, many commies, particularly our domestic variety,are brittle, humorless little sissies. Give them a little taste of reality and show themselves to be humorless, stupid little sissies.
Over the last 4 decades, OUR stupid and often treasonous foreign policy establishment [FPE] gave away the store to the Ching Chong Chicoms. The only thing the brought to the table was an endless supply of slave labor. Our wizard quisling FPE routinely structured the trade arrangements with the chicoms as adhesion agreeements, thus rendering, over time, the American middle class an economic nullity. America's formerly proud and independent engine of wealth creation, its middle class, was essentially cashiered. Does any thoughtful American citizen believe that the Kenyanian obscenity, or the dry drunk from Crawford,TX, or the corrupt US Congress, gave a damn about the main result of trading with a murderous thug regime? Not. So give the Chicoms their Pandas. And jack our tariffs on all of their junk until they HOWL. And if they think they can make their own slave workers eat our tariffs, ask them if they know how to spell quotas.
Underneath their facades, many commies, particularly our domestic variety,are brittle, humorless little sissies. Give them a little taste of reality and show themselves to be humorless, stupid little sissies.
Over the last 4 decades, OUR stupid and often treasonous foreign policy establishment [FPE] gave away the store to the Ching Chong Chicoms. The only thing they brought to the table was an endless supply of slave labor. Our wizard quisling FPE routinely structured the trade arrangements with the chicoms as adhesion agreeements, thus rendering, over time, the American middle class an economic nullity. America's formerly proud and independent engine of wealth creation, its middle class, was essentially cashiered. Does any thoughtful American citizen believe that the Kenyanian obscenity, or the dry drunk from Crawford,TX, or the corrupt US Congress, gave a damn about the main result of trading with a murderous thug regime? Not. So give the Chicoms their Pandas. And jack our tariffs on all of their junk until they HOWL.
Yes, there are a lot of things China COULD do, but remember one thing: From the tariffs on Midwest agricultural products to the highly-visible Panda, China is hitting us where they think they can mostly likely influence the next election: They want Trump out of office.
Remember this for the chess game that it is.