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.
Just met an unemployed grad student from Northwestern. The student related frequent discussions about job opportunities. “Find a tenured professor and cough on him” is a widely discussed solution. It may be tongue-in-cheek but professional solidarity is on the decline when jokes like this take hold. No doubt the 50-year old adjuncts share these views — perhaps they’re the ones who started it.