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by stasomatic 42 days ago
>due to its successful policies from the last half-century >that brought prosperity and lifted

Not because of the West giving China its industry, because - greed and China's blatant IP theft? Who cares if the communists make everything we consume, right? Stock price, yo.

"Apple in China" by Patrick McGee is a good read.

I like Chinese food, the arts, the folklore, they make my favorite bows (archery), but I don't want my grandkids have to learn Mandarin unless they want to.

Tangent, I always do a double take when I see CCP, as "USSR" is spelled "CCCP" in Cyrillic, it's charming (I am from a former USSR republic).

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>Not because of the West giving China its industry, because - greed and China's blatant IP theft?

If I'm voluntarily giving you my IP with no contractual assurance for protection, is it my fault or yours?

Never stop your enemy when he's making mistakes.

>because - greed Stock price, yo.

Why wouldn't you weaponize their greed against them? "Forget about pedophiles, the DOW is over 50,000."