There are sufficient “loopholes” that would allow Western democracies to do this. The only difference is that China is forthright about what it does & is willin

There are sufficient “loopholes” that would allow Western democracies to do this. The only difference is that China is forthright about what it does & is willing to do. Look at the Assange fiasco for example, or Guantanamo Bay, or the use of rendition to allied states by the CIA, or sitting in on torture conducted by allies (recently in Yemen), etc. Not to mention the complete disregard of international law when it comes to Israel, and in the same, hypocritical breath, repeatedly insisting that the Russians must follow international law (which they should).