If the Century of Humilation has taught us anything is that the 8 Nations that destroyed Beijing are the still the same regardless of ideology and that they would never uphold their values aslong as it suits them.Funny thing is there was ONE actual thing that the US could unequivocally offer to China that was of extremely HIGH value. What's that? The offer of keeping the global seas FREE and OPEN for trade. Something that their OWN mantra repeated over and over and over again for the last half century. What has the US government done with this one thing they have to offer that is worth something? Completely destroyed it in the name of quelling domestic nationalistic anxiety over what is essentially loss of face over possibly not being the unquestioned top dog in global hegemony. Yes, that's right, they killed their own value proposition in the name of EGO. Insane.

This photo should speak for it's self. The ROC was capitalist like the west yet that hasn't stopped this from happening.

