You are of course aware that that was done with sanctions (not tariffs) and that we did indeed buy stuff that filtered from the Soviet Union through other countries and became our imports as well as stuff that we produced that took the same "under-the-radar" trip. Many of China's businesses are actually American owned. We are spreading capitalism over there. We've been trading with China for years and they're becoming less communistic not more so. Now you advocate for restrictions?!?!
We didn't buy a fraction from the soviets of what we buy from the chi coms.
None of china's businesses are American owned. It's all owned by the state. We just have contracts over there, no property. The chi coms could sieze it all tomorrow and nobody could stop them.
just because they engage in western style economic development, doesn't mean they are "less communist" when it comes to their desire to knock off the US. they have a long term plan, we are playing right into their hands. China will never be an ally of the US (like post WWII Japan) absent some massive internal revolution.