> The one sole reason the West was so eager to jump on the China train unlike any other broke harebrained communist country was because China went from the star

> The one sole reason the West was so eager to jump on the China train unlike any other broke harebrained communist country was because China went from the start to openly bribing Western elites. This is very accurate. Recent example is the implied Biden family in CCP's pocket [1][2]. [1] Prof. Di Dongsheng's national televised speech that has since been taken down: https://youtu.be/aeegrkPx0xE https://youtu.be/aeegrkPx0xE [2] https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/6/160849/China-removes-video-of-academic-Di-Dongsheng-bragging-of-Washington-access,-influence https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/6/16084...