Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Will Hong Kong protests interfere with U.S.-China trade talks?" video.

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  19. I think it's GREAT that the CCP is finally being held accountable by SOMEBODY in the Free World! It's exposing how un-sound the rotten system they have in China is. We're finally going to stop propping up the dictatorship that's held down some really great people for decades. Hong Kong's a big deal, but there are a billion people under this Communist crime syndicate. The only way they can compete with us is by cheating the international trade system and stealing Western innovations that their totalitarian regime is absolutely unable to produce. Sure they can spy on us, steal all our stuff, and then invest only on things they haven't stolen, and steal a march, here and there, but people simply aren't as creative under an authoritarian, confiscatory scheme. The only place where they're doing well is in their exports sector, which is the only sector they model along free-market lines. They're gonna lose a lot of that, if USA requires them to play fair or not play at all. Well, they're also doing well is Hong Kong, but they're finding out they can't control Hong Kong without destroying what makes it special. I've been afraid of what China's been doing for a long time. Only now, with Trump needling them on key issues, am I seeing just how fragile their system is, and how steeped in corruption it is. If it weren't for them cheating in international markets and flagrantly flouting IMF rules they agreed to abide by but do NOT, their economy would have tanked long ago. For them to compete, fairly, they have to create a strong cadre of educated middle-class workers. But that's the exact thing their system can not allow if they wish to remain in power. They're damned if they do and they're damned if they don't. Now all I'm worried about is how much harm they're likely to do, if, as I expect, the CCP perceives an existential threat to itself. I worry about all the people - mostly Chinese - who are likely to be hurt.
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