"The west was sure the chinese approach would not work"? Is that why the west invested trillions of dollars in china over the past 4 decades? I expect very lit

"The west was sure the chinese approach would not work"? Is that why the west invested trillions of dollars in china over the past 4 decades? I expect very little from the nytimes, but this is a new low for them. Did the nytimes assume Gordon Chang is "the west" and then run with that false premise? If anything, we have gambled our future and put all our eggs in one basket - china. We looked to china to be the manufacturer of the world. Then during the financial crisis, we looked to china to increase debt to save the world economy from collapse. Now we are looking to china to be the consumer of the world to boost the world economy. The west helped create modern china. It was our money, resources, expertise, technology and markets that helped create modern china. Why would we invest trillions in a country expecting it to fail? From hollywood to the NBA to silicon valley to wall street to agriculture, "the west" is looking to china to be the source of growth for decades to come. Or maybe I'm missing something?