I'm tired of the Chinese free pass, and I hope that you are too, and want to do something about it.
I spend a lot of time listening to the news, and reading the news, and being observant, and I've noticed something. Up and down, everyone gives China a free pass when it comes to bad behavior. No matter what they do, no matter what they say, the media and the people at large shrug it off as though it were acceptable.
Torture is not acceptable. Arresting dissidents is not acceptable. Executing thousands of people per year after minimal trials is not acceptable. Stealing US military secrets, hacking into NATO networks, and building up an invasion level army is not acceptable.
Why do we put up with this? The answer is simple. We've become economically dependent on China. The vast majority of our consumer goods are made in China. China holds a huge amount of our national debt. As long as this big yellow smiley-face stays on China, they know they are free to do anything they want.
They say that you shouldn't bite the hand that feeds you. But when a dog bites it's master's hand, doesn't that immediately cast suspicion on the nature of the master? It's high time we bit the Chinese, and started treating them in a way that corresponds to their bad behavior. Yes, we owe them money, and buy their products. And because of that, THEY are dependent on US as well. What would the Chinese economy be if they were foolish enough to cut off US investment and cease to sell us consumer goods? We cower in fear that they may shut off the spigot of cheap money and toys, without realizing that if they stop being so generous with us, then they will be just as ruined as we would be.
So let's stop giving China a free pass. Let's respond to their attacks on US and NATO servers by kicking holes into The Great Firewall and letting the Chinese find out what really happened in that Square. Let's call them on their horrible slave labor factories and demand that they improve the conditions of the workers who make our products. Let's demand that they stop torturing and executign dissidents, and tell them that we don't like the way they censor the media and we don't have to like it. We have little to lose and everything to gain. Let's stop giving China a free pass and start forcing them to grow up like the rest of the world.