[WilliamofCarmichael]

We are hoping to make China a more responsible power. So far, all we have done is make it a more powerful one. We may not be creating the next Soviet Union, but we are nonetheless enabling a country that now considers us a foe.

Thank you, "free traders."

The Chinese engage in bad behavior. We reward them. So they continue their irresponsible conduct. We reward them still more.

That's why Lenin called Western businessmen "useful idiots."

Well. let's see. In the special economic zones there are some 300 million many of whom are the "haves." That leaves about 800 million outside of the zones almost all of whom are the "have nots." Who will win? Many among the "haves" are Party members, I bet they will try to use the 800 million against the dangerous idea of democracy.

[CowboyJay]

Shhh... No blaspheming against the cult of the awmighty dollar round here.