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Of course it's about trade. This isn't about an argument between you and China, it's about US foreign policy toward China, vs Chinese foreign policy towards th
by jholman 8y ago
Of course it's about trade. This isn't about an argument between you and China, it's about US foreign policy toward China, vs Chinese foreign policy towards the US. The US has never cared about human rights violations as a high priority. Look at any year of US foreign policy history for the past century at least, look at who the allies are, look at who gets invaded.
When discussing US foreign policy, human rights is a fig leaf, not an actual cause of policy.
- chillacy 8y agoExactly this, looking at which regimes the US has supported historically you start to realize that the US gives zero shits about democracies or human rights, they care only about their interests and will prop any dictatorship against the democratically elected leader friendly to the USSR. Lest you think I’m being unfair to the US only, China does it too. It invaded Vietnam (another communist country) in the 70s and developed an alliance with the United States after the sino soviet split, so that it could hedge against a growing USSR and Vietnam. In general countries are very flexible on principles, and follow their interests. Realpolitik.