> We wouldn't be trading with China if it didn't benefit us. The ends don't justify the means when those means are morally wrong. Morally wrong means create co

> We wouldn't be trading with China if it didn't benefit us. The ends don't justify the means when those means are morally wrong. Morally wrong means create collateral damage that I believe will haunt us for generations to come. (I'm sure you can think of various 20th century dictators whose actions still haunt the world.) > China's average wage more than doubled over the past 10 years. That's good, but it's more a result of Jintao's relaxed policy than the current president's policy. Not that I approve of Jintao - he was as much an authoritarian leader as those that preceded him.