Trump has the tools to change China’s place in the world economy, keeping it from becoming so central to the global system that no nation could hold it responsible for the next horror emerging from the labs or caves of the Middle Kingdom. The moral indictments against the Chinese Communist Party were overwhelming long before the COVID-19 era, with the party guilty over decades for the deaths of tens of millions of Chinese and the ongoing oppression of billions, to say nothing of the occupation of Tibet and the brutal torments inflicted upon Uyghurs, other minorities, and dissidents. None of that criminality stopped the rest of the world, including wrongheaded American administrations, from accepting China as an indispensable partner in trade, raising the communist regime to superpower status—an aspiring hegemon in its region with outposts and economic colonies spread across the globe.
Author: Daniel McCarthy
Published at: 2025-05-24 20:00:00
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