"Nice guys those CHICOMS. Only a Slick Willy could love'em enough let them donate to his election funds."
Let's not be too selfrighteous. They are one of our biggest trading partners and we continue to prop up the regime.
Remember the cheap shirts, electronics and other goods that we love to buy from them knowing full well that much of it is manufactured by slave labor? If it wasn't for our trade with China they would not be as powerful as they are.
(Oh, I forgot. If we trade long enough with them they will accept democracy.)
"Oh, I forgot. If we trade long enough with them they will accept democracy"
Most unlikely: http://www.etaiwannews.com/Taiwan/Politics/2005/08/29/1125279216.htm
We do business with a lot of unsavory nations, Venezuela being one example. It would be nice to be pure, but not possible in today's global economy.