We are so screwed.
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American and European businesses flocked to Red China in the 1970’s when Nixon opened relations and trade with China.
US politicians bought the lie that the Chinese communists would become like the west as trade would expose them to the benefits of free enterprise. Plus, American and EU businesses thought they would make tons of money by selling goods to the huge Chinese population.
Well, the CCP had other plans. China let western businesses in so China could learn the advanced technology and manufacturing that was in the west. China bought little from the west other than grains and food as it has problems feeding all those people.
Now that China has learned enough to match the west it strong enough to be a threat to the west. Plus, it has got enough dirt, evidence of bribes on western leaders and top business people it can tell them to dance to China’s tune.
During Hong Kong protests in 2019, for example, Apple pulled from its app store a map application widely used by pro-democracy protestors that showed the location of police patrols and tear gas deployments, citing security reasons.
And, the China virus put an end to those pesky protests, just like that.
Welcoming China into the “normal” world was a grave mistake...just like many said at the time.
It should slowly be removed from the free world’s institutions and should be rejected as a pariah state. Also the Olympics should never have been given to them at all.
I would say half of FR regular posters are what I would call Free Traitors.
Die, corporate scum.
We need to manufacture chips here in USA and then mine for rare earth minerals. Once we’ve done that, use tariffs on China. They can continue to be @$$holes if they want but we wont be dependent on them.
Related:
Curious Why US News Networks Are Supportive of Chinese Government? Just Look at the Corporate Ownership
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3838407/posts
“The Capitalists will sell us the rope we will hang them with.”
Oh! It’s so big! It feels so good! Yes! Yes! Harder! Ooooh! You were wonderful, darling! That’ll be a hundred fifty bucks. Leave it on the night table. Next!
Ecclesiastes 10:20
Do not revile the king even in your thoughts,
or curse the rich in your bedroom,
because a bird in the sky may carry your words,
and a bird on the wing may report what you say.
Lay down with dogs...get up with fleas...
They learned to like those near slave wages paid in third world countries to obedient workers who don’t complain and factories that have no safety standards in third world countries with no EPA. Huge profit increase even after the costs of shipping.