And guess who is the Chicomms newest buddies, the Iranians.
"And guess who is the Chicomms newest buddies, the Iranians."
So are we.
WE trade, extensively, with China.
Isn't China our number one trading partner, after Canada?
We have broad and extensive relationships in China, companies with branches all over the place there (and they, here).
We are potential adversaries, yes.
And we and the British were potential adversaries throughout the 19th Century too.
But we're not enemies, and the Chinese are not killing us anywhere. They are competing with us, which is legitimate.
They are buying oil from Iran: that's their big interest over there. We buy oil from Saudi Arabia, which is also an odious regime.
China just is not the Arab Muslim world. It's not as dangerous and violent. The Chinese are rational actors, and it's completely appropriate for us to treat the Chinese differently, and have greater confidence than we do in Arabs that they are not going to do anything murderously insane. Empirical experience teaches us the difference.