The Chinese accuse the United States of trying to contain or stop China’s rise. It is therefore a supreme irony that over the last forty years we have done so much to facilitate that rise. We have opened our economy to China; encouraged American companies to invest there; supported China’s inclusion—on advantageous terms—in international bodies such as the WTO; soft-pedaled criticism of its dishonest and one-sided economic policies as well as its suppression of human rights; invited Chinese students into our best universities (with access to the most advanced scientific and technological
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