Ruling regimes have come and gone in China, but China has endured because the Chinese people have endured. We are now facing another possible crumbling of yet another abusive regime. Do the democracies have a China policy that is different from the approach of the old British Empire? The answer is no. All democracies are continuing the old British commercial approach of the last 233 years in pursuing deals with the ruling regime.
What would be the price of a deal with Xi Jinping for a peaceful coexistence with ongoing commercial relations? It would likely be the triumph of tyranny and the defeat of democracy.
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