If this approach had been taken with China from the very beginning of when they were making the moves to open themselves up to the world for closer economic ties, all of the political reforms those who promoted greater ties to China assured us would occur probably would have actually happened ((indeed, I would not be surprised if I posted those same hopes and beliefs back at the time on threads where this topic may have been discussed) - by now, over the course of 20+ years, China would likely be more like Hong Kong, instead of Hong Kong becoming more like its now host country. What an incredible shame this is. It is both very sad and maddening to think about what could have and probably would have been.
Trump: “I’m gonna enjoy slapping him around”. -Xi.