Again the European left tries to appease evil.
I got two words....and it ain’t happy birthday
The Chinese are nowhere nearly as “robust” as some of their apologists want to make out. Much like the former Soviet Union, the Chinese Communists place entirely too much trust in their military might and the implicit threat they pose.
Economically, the Chinese Communist regime has survived by adopting and even blatantly stealing much of the innovative technology of the West, then turning around and applying that stolen technology to the manufacture of products which are then sold at cut-rate prices, carrying on economic warfare with the other more advanced countries. By forcing this lopsided and highly asymmetric trade imbalance, other nations find themselves at a huge disadvantage with the Chinese, and in fact, are often themselves deeply in debt to the Chinese, as the Chinese communist regime uses these trade surpluses to buy other nations’ debt, holding yet another sword over their heads.
If the Chinese could be counted upon to be honest players, this would not matter. But the Communist regime there is determined to destroy capitalism as it has been known throughout the west, and substitute a sort of state-sponsored entrepreneurial arrangement, in which the managers are free to make investments in their continued growth, but with relatively limited sharing in the wealth generated. It is not at all surprising to learn that the largest of the state sponsors is the People’s Liberation Army, the military branch of the Chinese Communist regime.
Even on the economic front, this is a military operation.
The best of Europe left Europe at least 100 years ago. What's there now are the leftovers.
“Again the European left tries to appease evil.”
You must mean like nazi Germany?
rwood