Comments by "Alan Friesen" (@alanfriesen9837) on "Forbes Breaking News" channel.

  1. That's a pretty easy prophecy to forecast accurately.
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  2. Point 1: Yes, we need to invest in key core industries, just like China does. Point 2: No, the sooner we accept that Taiwan is part of China and that China has every right and reason to reincorporate it the less likely that we'll get dragged into the kind of war that will cost, at the very least, tens of thousands of American lives and trillions of dollars, and could very well leave the United States crippled militarily to the point of losing our position in the world as a global leader. Point 3: Maybe, Tightening up global trade rules is important, but China has to be involved in the effort or they'll ignore the parts that they disagree with just like they do now, and coincidentally, just like the United States does now. Strength hath its privileges. Point 4: Yes, see point 1. Point 5: Okay, but make sure you play fair. If we're going to ban Chinese companies from U.S. stock markets than we need to ban comparable foreign companies from other states that treat American companies the way China does. As it is, I don't think American companies are allowed on Chinese stock markets. If that's the case then turnabout is fair play. Point 6: Seriously? Any thorough look at any of the conflicts in China will show a complete absence of credible evidence of genocide or forced labor. Nobody is accusing China of genocide that doesn't already have an axe to grind. This includes Adrien Zenz, ASPI, The World Uighur Congress, ETIM, Falun Gong and so on and so forth. These entities are dependent on funding by either military contractors or the National Endowment for Democracy, an NGO whose purpose is to undermine governments (which they do by promoting unrest among the people) that do not adhere to the liberal democratic model outside of Saudi Arabia and the gulf states. That funding doesn't necessarily make the claims invalid, but it makes them highly suspect. That, combined with the complete lack of hard evidence, suggests that if a genocide is occurring, that it is extremely well hidden. We can have another American century, but we are going to have to share it with China. We can do so in a way that allows both countries to thrive, or we can tear each other to pieces, but the days when the United States can ignore China's needs and priorities without consequences is, if not over, rapidly disappearing. The more Americans understand China (the good, the bad, and the ugly) the better chance we have of comfortably coexisting with them. I'm afraid Senator Rubio and the other China bashers in American politics are just making that necessary coexistence harder and harder to achieve. We need to compete with China on the track, not in the ring. If we try to win by running faster, everybody benefits even if we come in a close second. If we try to win by beating them up, we'll find out that they can hit back, and in the end everybody's bruised and bloodied.
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  3. There's no crazy dictator.
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  4.  @steveTGO  Right now China's only real competition is the United States, so maybe big boy (singular). To the extant that manufacturing has moved to other countries, it is the result of the rise in living standards (and the to-be-expected rising cost of labor associated with it) within China. China is strong, smart, and increasingly rich. The damage Trump did to China has been overcome—the same cannot be said for the damage Trump did to the United States.
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