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What disturbs me is the full swings in public opinions. A few years (months?) ago nobody cares, then a US president makes an announcement and suddenly a whole c

What disturbs me is the full swings in public opinions. A few years (months?) ago nobody cares, then a US president makes an announcement and suddenly a whole country is full throttle on how bad China is, from politicians to medias, public opinion, internet, even HN, South Park, left or right... Nothing like a good war to unite people and make them not bother politicians? Why did America make China powerful in the first place by doing business in the first place then? There is nothing new here, China was totalitarian 30 years ago too. I’m not disagreeing with the fact that we don’t tolerate it further, just questioning the mechanism and the sudden overnight war declaration.

onepointsixC 7y ago
That's because "the smartest guys in the room" that are supposed China experts have and to this day maintain that China is going to liberalize[1]. Which has been utterly disastrous policymaking. It's only been recently that public policymaking has actually reflected reality which has caused the swing in opinion. [1]:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/making-china-a-us-enemy-is-counterproductive/2019/07/02/647d49d0-9bfa-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/making-china-a-us-en...