You gotta love how predictable and consistent The Economist is. When it was founded in the 19th century it was a strong advocate for forcing China to open up to

You gotta love how predictable and consistent The Economist is. When it was founded in the 19th century it was a strong advocate for forcing China to open up to British opium. It was important to The Economist then, like it is important to The Economist now, that westerners be allowed access to Chinese people and Chinese markets. One could argue that the United States has been operating a regime change operation in China since 1949. But The Economist, they've literally been arguing the same thing since like 1850.