"constructive engagement" has been a farce, china has been increasingly authoritarian and abusive over the last decade, except now they have the economic weight

"constructive engagement" has been a farce, china has been increasingly authoritarian and abusive over the last decade, except now they have the economic weight to make it difficult to oppose. The only thing that plan ever was, was a scam to enrich a lot of companies taking advantage of cheap labor (Who are going to get bulldozed now that China has stolen all the IP of consequence). It was never some moral stance that was going to get china to "come around" on freedom and democracy. Just like Google's stance isn't about morality, its about making more money.