> are driven by a sizable faction in Washington DC that feels entitled to rule the planet uncontested. They would like to unwind the past 75 years of Chinese ec

> are driven by a sizable faction in Washington DC that feels entitled to rule the planet uncontested. They would like to unwind the past 75 years of Chinese economic development, and push most of the Chinese population back into poverty, to make sure that an independent global power can never develop. Cite for that? Especially that bit about the goal of pushing the Chinese population back into poverty. My impression is the situation would be quite different if China was not run by authoritarian communists.