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.
My parents should have gotten the electric chair. As a kid in the summer, weekends and after school it was out the door to the park, school yard or some adventure somewhere and the only warning was to be home when the streetlights came on. 12yrs old we were taking 10 hour bike rides to unknown destinations with an entire quarter in our pocket. Times have changed!