> The west helped create modern china. It was our money, resources, expertise, technology and markets that helped create modern china. Why would we invest trill

> 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? I think the expectation was that it's political system would fail, not the country itself, and a liberal democracy would emerge from that failure. Much of the investment was sanctioned by the (now disproven) idea that capitalism invariably brings democracy and liberalization with it.