[fown9]

China has an authoritarian government that produces pollution that threatens the entire world, uses the great firewall to attack tech companies in other countries, prints up to 282% of GDP [1] in order to buy their way into other countries real estate and companies, ignores human rights and free speech, creates artificial military island near neighboring countries, and supports dictators in Russia and Africa. If China gets anymore powerful, the world is doomed. We need to curb commerce with China.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/02/11/c...

[rodgerd]

Much of the world fails to see great differences between that and using drones to blow up weddings, pervasive surveillance, millitary bases covering the world, fanatical support for Saudi Arabia, and unilateral invasions of countries on their shitlist.

[1stop]

It's good to see the US responding with its own astro-turfing. I bet you don't even get paid for doing it.

I think you need to look at China with a more Chinese point of view, as that's how they look at themselves.

The US too do a lot of illegitamite things with their GDP. They also ignore human rights and freedom of speech... And they invade other countries (not just move military into their waters)... They support dictators in Syria, and seem to intentionally destabilise parts of the world for economic advantage. The world isn't doomed now even with that far worse list being a reality, why do you think it will be if China gained more power?