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inscrutable to Haig, but as part of the Nixon gang, he ,of all people should understand that the thugs who run China are extraordinarily “scrutable”.
There is, in fact, no mystery at all in the way they have used American business to prop up the most ruthless, authoritarian, and compulsively dishonest regime this side of the Taliban.
American trade with the Chinese now totals about $115 billion dollars a year, with $100 billion of that going to the Chinese. We are their best customer and if you don’t believe me, try buying something that isn’t made in China. The argument that we are going to transform these serious, militaristic Marxists into free market zealots by pouring our research, our resources and our dollars into that nation is wearing thin. So far we have only transformed them into well to do Marxists.
This has been a very good deal for them, and according to corporate America, a very good deal for us, whether or
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