Theyre allowing their people more and more freedom, becoming a little more democratic.
I will respectfully disagree with you. They are still beating people to death for their religeous beliefs, there are no real property rights, and they limit internet access. The ruling class has no intention of giving up power and they are willing to do anything to keep it. Maybe a miracle could occur and we could have a different discussion ten years from now, but there needs to be meaningful change before we can safely consider them to be anything but sworn enemies.
If we take the view that China is our enemy and try to isolate them and cut them off from trade with the Western world, we’re only going to create conditions where the old ways of the communists thrive. That is not in our interests. Instead we should put a little more faith in the Chinese people. We should hope for China that they have continued economic success, and that they continue to grow their relationships with the West. The Chinese people, including many of those in the government, will recognize more and more how communism is not compatible with success in this world, and increasingly they will abandon their old ways. In time I think we’ll see China resembling much more the quasi socialist democratic countries in Europe than the China of the Chairman Mao era.
Think about it. Are we going to invade China, crush them militarily and bring about a regime change that way? That’s not going to happen. Do we really stand anything to gain by engaging them in a “Cold War,” trying to thwart them at every turn while they do the same to us? Do we want to play the arms race game with them? I don’t see any benefit in any of that for us. Communism will fail there because it is an impossible “utopian” system that cannot work anywhere for the long haul. I think the Chinese people are finally starting to see the end of that long dark tunnel they’ve been in, and I wish them the best in that regard.
Agreed.
Notice how they are beefing up their internal stomping out of dissent just prior to the Olympics under the guise of "security."
The Olympics will be a travesty. Might as well be held at one of their Laogai...