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I suggest a unified front against China in the form of tariffs and trade barriers. I believe it was a strategic blunder admitting China into the WTO. What is th
by CountSessine 7y ago
I suggest a unified front against China in the form of tariffs and trade barriers. I believe it was a strategic blunder admitting China into the WTO. What is the historical precedent here?
- MichaelMoser123 7y agoHistorical precedent: the Ming dynasty turned inwards and built the great wall of China. Just a few centuries later China was now a bit behind the west and was defeated in the opium wars.
- CharlesColeman 7y ago> The Ming dynasty turned inwards and built the great wall of China. Just a few centuries later China was now a bit behind the west and was defeated in the opium wars. Their problem wasn't that they built a wall, but rather they stopped looking past it because of beliefs in their own superiority.
- MichaelMoser123 7y agoI agree with this observation.