It wasn’t that long ago that we didn’t have any trade with China at all. They were commies. Does anyone remember who gave China the status of Most Favored Nation in trade? From a commie enemy ti Most Favored Nation in one president’s term in office. It was Bill Clinton.
They are industrious beyond belief. But they are pragmatic to the maximum. Since we started sending them our logs and had them turned into particle board furniture that we buy at WalMart and Ikea, they have changed us from a if it breaks fix it society to a if it breaks replace it society. They make things that look so much like the real thing that we actually use them as the real thing. I copyright that phrase.
I remember very clearly that the effort was led by the GOP House and they put the most energy into it.