Strip this sorry story to the bare bones and we find a similar tale unfolded under the Clinton administration. The administration's attitude toward Beijing is strikingly similar to that of Moscow's toward Berlin up to June 22, 1941. It too was a one-way street, with the ironic exception of tank design.The Germans learnt all they needed to know about the Red Army and its capability. That knowledge almost lost Europe to Nazi barbarism. But the Clinton kindergarten rabble, stuck in its '60s time warp, was unable to comprehend any of this. To their mentality, there is no history, there is only the moment — nothing else counts. This is why it found nothing wrong with selling out to the Chinese military, of making arrangements that endangered national security.
Problem is, if you're making the comparison, the US in relation to China isn't the Soviet Union in relation to Germany prior to WWII.
It's RUSSIA in relation to China now.
The other thing of interest is that, oddly, ISRAELI companies have been selling or trying to sell an enormous amount of military technology to China, yet, (go figure) you never see posts/articles complaining about that on FR. The focus is securely on the old Clinton obsession.
All Israeli military sales to China are subject to American veto.