Good article.

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America must stop helping China's regime grow richer and more oppressive

By Clifford D. May - - Tuesday, December 10, 2019

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

Suppose you had a neighbor who beat his wife, abused his children, engaged in violent crimes and routinely burgled your home. Would you invite him for Sunday brunch? Go into business with him? Share a bungalow at the beach? I don’t think so. So why are we still pretending that China is just one trade agreement away from becoming anything other than the nation-state version of the odious character I’ve described above?

Here’s an incomplete list of the nefarious activities undertaken by the ruling Communist Party of China:

Incarcerating Muslim Uighurs in “re-education” camps; colonizing Tibet; organ-harvesting from prisoners of conscience; suppressing the people of Hong Kong in violation of treaty obligations; stealing hundreds of billions of dollars of American intellectual property, including defense secrets year after year; forcing American corporations to kowtow and self-censor; proliferating nuclear weapons and ballistic missile technology; pursuing exploitative and neo-imperialist policies in Asia, Africa and Latin America; and building up its military capabilities with the goal of intimidating and ultimately defeating the United States.-- excerpt, rest at link above --