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.
Would the low rate of seeking charges/ incarceration have anything to do with the fact that since 2017, CHI has had mayors Lightfoot and Johnson, Pritzger as governor, Raoul as IL AG, Preckwinkle as Cook County executive and Foxx as Cook County Lead prosecutor? If you can find a bigger cadre of people pushing for empty prisons you must be in NY or CA.