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𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓲𝓽'𝓼 𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓴 𝓮𝓷𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓼𝓮𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓼.
Unlike 99.9% of Americans, I have traveled to the PRC three times over the last 12 years. I have relatives there so I don't go on guided tours nor do I have "minders". I travel where I wish. I stay in small hotels which Americans never visit. I see what I want to see. My key assertions about the PRC are: * The PRC is not a "shithole". It is the most developed nation on Earth, based on housing, transportation, and overall urban & rural life. Unless you have traveled across China within the last decade, you do NOT know what the PRC is like as of 2026. * China is NOT expansionist. I can talk about China's history for days on end - I know it extremely well. The Qing were expansionist from 1690 to 1750 but the Manchu who ruled China were NOT Chinese. Neither the Ming nor the Song were interested in expanding Chinese territory. You have to go back to the early Tang (circa 680 AD) to find an expansionist Chinese government, and that was short-lived. * The Chinese - as a rule - follow laws and treat one another with consideration. China is as safe as South Korea & Japan (and yes, I've traveled all over East Asia). * The USA & the PRC are not allies but we are not enemies either. The CCP as an institution dislikes nearly every nation on Earth for various reasons but the nation they dislike the LEAST is the USA (Russia is a close second to the USA). China has not had a real ally since 1125, when the Jin Kingdom stabbed them in the back. (Though one can say the Joseon were allied with the Ming against the Manchu in 1619). The Chinese have not forgotten that the USA helped them fight against Japan from 1941-1945. They know that our victory over Japan ended the Japanese occupation over half of China, and this was something they could NOT have accomplished on their own. That said, there are people & institutions in the PRC who are working to weaken & "sabotage" the US economy. I presume that we have organizations which are trying to do the same thing to them. * China is a huge nation, and it's very difficult to grasp. If you haven't visited the PRC recently, you don't know China. This is the reality. China has changed so rapidly and so completely that you have to see it NOW to understand it. The past is gone. China has real problems - which I may describe at some point - but I assert that EVERY nation has real problems.
