You should come to the new aquatic center at the Ohio State U. gym.
You get to see the Chinese vs. the Americans in swimsuits.
The Chinese have better bodies, less fat, BETTER DENTAL WORK, nice more easy going smiles, seem happier.
Now since these chinese students are overseas visitors and the americans are probably on student loans, I am probably comparing the Chinese top upper class vs. the American middle class, but still the differences are striking.
China is not your dirt poor third world country anymore.
No they aren't. And the reason they aren't is that they have unfettered access to our market. But they don't allow the dollars spent on Chinese goods to come back to purchase trade goods. Instead they route it into buying our manufacturing know how and our debt.
What they are doing is within the rules. But we control the rules. And we've set up a system that is letting them destroy our industries even as they build their own up with the help of our market.