My profit. Your losses.

We've had of ecocomic warfare already. It was just fine for US companies to hollow out domestic manufacturing so China could build the manufacturing infrastructure that could have been built in the US.

But now that a Chinese company is building things that undercut a US company, you want protections for US billionaires that weren't afforded to US workers.

There no such thing as a free market. It's a constant pull between monopolistic forces and government restriction.

When has the US ever participated in a free market?

Man..interweb really drinks that anti-China koolaid.

China defends its interests and follows what rules it deems advantageous. Just like everyone else does. It may upset you but they're just better at playing this game than most countries nowadays.

I don’t think anyone is denying Chinese aggressive intent here, just our response. Give us a response where we can get onboard, a response that is more legitimate than their approach, and wecan all be mad at China.

Or think of it this way. We all agree on all the ways China are the bad guys, but our behavior is making them look like the good guys. wtf are we doing?

there's no point in treating them the same way as anyone who does pretends to.

ftfy

@yabbadabaddon @technology Unfortunately this is no longer the case. While China 10-20 years ago definitely bootstrapped itself with corporate espionage and reverse engineering, so did every country including the United States. The China of today produces its own fundamental research at a rate comparable to the US, and given the structural failures of our educational system, will exceed the US over the next 5 years.

Not recognizing that and making excuses is the sign of a country in decline.