> China learned nothing from the USSR On the contrary, they learned that USSR's self imposed isolation was fundamentally flawed and largely stagnated the Sovie

> China learned nothing from the USSR On the contrary, they learned that USSR's self imposed isolation was fundamentally flawed and largely stagnated the Soviet economy. It also put them behind the Western world in terms of R&D. China is attempting to put those lessons to use and attempting to have an "Western opened" totalitarian regime. So far, it seems to be working. Accepting Western capital and tech, stealing everything they can find, and suppressing anything that's a threat to their system while requesting their system become normalized. Whereas we used to shut out the Soviet Union, we welcome China. +1 on taking the side, it's hard to see China as anything less than hostile to Western democracy.