Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
Many years ago I was in Naples, Italy, a high crime city, and at night, the shop keeper roll down metal protection to prevent thieves from breaking windows to steal. The street level view of Naples after 9pm is sheet metal as far as the eye can see. That’s what is coming to Chicago.