> Society has to avoid McCarthyism (a 'reds under the bed' panic). This is what China wants and it plays directly into the propaganda. They want false accusatio

> Society has to avoid McCarthyism (a 'reds under the bed' panic). This is what China wants and it plays directly into the propaganda. They want false accusations and race based panic. True. On the one hand, there needs to be more awareness in the West about the threat of an illiberal and powerful China. It's not so much about China making money with dodgy trade practices, but that it's pressuring the entire world to abide by CCP party lines. For example, it's made many airlines treat Taiwan as part of China, made Mercedes apologise for using the Dalai Lama in advertising, prevented at least one book from being published, and it froze relations with Norway, harming Norwegian businesses, when the Nobel Peace Prize was given to Liu Xiaobo. On the other hand, opposition to the Chinese Communist Party must not devolve into "Chinese people are bad" racism. Some politicians will be too willing to fan the flames of racism, and the CCP will welcome this, for it loves to portray all opposition as being based on racism.