Something that needs to be said regarding China and who got what wrong etc. What I’ll call ‘the Kissinger school’ on the PRC had a point, which was engagement would bring openness, a middle class would end the CPC tyranny etc. I can’t fault them for trying & it was worth a shot.
I never subscribed to it because my experiences formed me to know that Communism in any form, is unredeemable badness. It elevates and rewards the worst traits in humanity. Genuinely good people do not make it up the ranks in remotely sufficient numbers, & that’s being generous.
What we can’t fall back into is any sense of complacency re the Communist Party of China. We need commitment in the West to do what we can to bring about an end of their reign of terror. We have to cut ourselves off from the sugar high of their cash, their stuff & their influence
Engagement with the Communists didn’t convert them, it corrupted us. There will be a huge push by vested interests to revert back to the pre Covid-19 status quo. It can’t be allowed to happen. We need all of China to be like Taiwan not all the world to be more like China.
