It's not just about economics. The China-watching community seems to be generally cautiously supportive of action against China, although not necessarily the ac

It's not just about economics. The China-watching community seems to be generally cautiously supportive of action against China, although not necessarily the action taking place, and certainly not some of the rhetoric around it. Overall, the fear is that China could become the world's superpower and dominate supply chains and control what the rest of the world says about it [1]. China would like to "dominate advanced industries like robotics, advanced information technology, aviation, and new energy vehicles" and become self-sufficient with their Made in China 2025 initiative [2]. This isn't popular with the West, and it has been reported that some Chinese journalists have been instructed to stop talking about it [3]. China also has a habit of intellectual theft [4] and only playing by international rules when it suits them. One aim of the tariffs is to get China less involved in global supply chains [5]. This would be more likely to create jobs in Vietnam and Mexico than in America, but for strategic reasons this would still be good. 1. https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/14/china-is-buying-african-medias-silence/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/14/china-is-buying-african... , https://www.merics.org/en/china-monitor/cosmological-communism https://www.merics.org/en/china-monitor/cosmological-communi... 2. https://www.cfr.org/blog/why-does-everyone-hate-made-china-2025 https://www.cfr.org/blog/why-does-everyone-hate-made-china-2... 3. https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/06/minitrue-on-u-s-china-trade-tensions/ https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/06/minitrue-on-u-s-china-... 4. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/technology/china-micron-chips-theft.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/technology/china-micron-c... 5. https://nb.sinocism.com/p/tariffed-us-supply-chains-in-china-threatened-economists-vent-to-liu-he-media-campaign-against-taiwan-espionage-xu-zhiyong-comprehensive-war-on-religion-sleepless-in-sweden https://nb.sinocism.com/p/tariffed-us-supply-chains-in-china...