[fown9]

China has an authoritarian government that

* is ruled by a secretive group of old men [1]

* produces pollution that threatens the entire world [2]

* uses the great firewall to attack tech companies in other countries like github [3]

* ignores human rights and free speech [4]

* creates artificial military island near neighboring countries [5]

* supports dictators in Russia and Africa [6]

* and prints up to 282% of GDP [7] in order to buy their way into other countries real estate and companies.

If China gets anymore powerful, the world is doomed. We need to curb commerce with China.

[1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13904443

[2] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/08/reference/chines...

[3] https://citizenlab.org/2015/04/chinas-great-cannon/

[4] http://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/dec/04/-sp-case-against...

[5] http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/06/26/philipp...

[6] http://thediplomat.com/2014/03/china-backs-russia-on-ukraine...

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

[Panoramix]

The US could fit most of your points, probably even better. The world is not "doomed". What does that even mean? China certainly has its issues, but this sort of irrational fear speaks to me of a subtle form of racism.

[21p]

I agree with you that the world is nowhere near "doomed" or even heading in that direction. It's not fair to claim racism here, however. The poster did not mention anything about race.

[mc32]

Ok, most or all that may be true, but it's quite immediately unrelated to the discussion, which is about the cost competitiveness of China compared to US manufacturing. And quite unrelated to the points of the person you're responding to.

[throwaway0628]

You can say much the same about the US (swap Russia and Africa for South America and Middle East).

Besides, it's the only country that has ever used nuclear weapons on civilians.

All super powers are threatening.

[fown9]

please show me where US * is ruled by a secretive group of old men * produces pollution that threatens the entire world * uses the great firewall to attack tech companies in other countries like github * creates artificial military island near neighboring countries.

And every since Obama took over, our policies with human rights and dictators is much better

[21p]

From that list, I only can see the US doing:

* produces pollution that threatens the entire world