> The only way to stop this is to paradoxically be incredibly intolerant to the intolerant. Keep in mind this is geopolitics, not national politics. Geopoliti

> The only way to stop this is to paradoxically be incredibly intolerant to the intolerant. Keep in mind this is geopolitics, not national politics. Geopolitics is playground rules. There are no adults around to complain to. It's lawlessness. Might makes right. That's the way it's always been. Look at the Russia situation. They want what they want. You can't talk them out of it, except by force. Playground rules. Hopefully the Ukraine conflict remains small. The fact we have a "western liberal rules based world order" at all is kind of a miracle, largely put in place based by the major world powers after the lessons learned in WWII. The winners of that war agreed to follow a general set of common rules and principles between nations, and it's kept the us out of major world conflicts for close to 80 years. We don't have to agree with Russia/China on value systems, we just need to agree to leave each other alone on the playground. Trade helps nations get along, as both then have skin in the "peace" game, we both have something to lose by going to war. The fact that there's a pull back from global trade is a sign that we're no longer getting along, and lines are being drawn on the playground. As was said here elsewhere, China and Russia are "rocking the boat" so to speak. They want to redefine who owns the parts of the playground nearby them. Trade will necessarily pull back, as nations can't be vulnerable to other nations on the playground looking to pick a fight. Hopefully sanity prevails, and China/Russia realize it's better for them to stay within established playground lines, and then trade will resume. Geopolitics is an ugly business. Little room for idealism like "tolerance" and "diversity". You save that kind of idealism for national politics and policy (making your own country better). It's not about tolerance for China. It's about avoiding major world conflict. Before we go knocking geopolitics, remember that keeping the world at peace allows everyone to improve conditions at home. We mind our house, EU minds theirs, China theirs, etc. That's a pretty good/stable arrangement.