> I think a billion people out of poverty is a net win. On the loss side, we have allowed this despot regime to amass so much power (thanks to the economic gro

> I think a billion people out of poverty is a net win. On the loss side, we have allowed this despot regime to amass so much power (thanks to the economic growth) that they can take the following steps with impunity 1. ethnic cleansing of Uighur minorities 2. support of a rogue nuclear regime in North Korea 3. Subjugating more than a billion people with perpetual surveillance and authoritarian rule 4. Increasing risks of a strife with multiple neighbors - Japan (Senkaku), S. Korea (via N. Korea), Taiwan (claiming sovereignty), Vietnam (South China Sea) etc. It feels like a net loss to me.