1091: Elite US opinion on China’s CCP is shifting. @cburton001, @GordonGChang
Image: American elites: With a peak net worth of approximately US$418 billion in 2019 dollars, the American oil magnate John D. Rockefeller (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller) is the richest person in American (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) history, and the richest person in the post–Industrial Revolution (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution) era. Charles Burton: @cburton001, blogs at RealityChek; and senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad; and Gordon Chang, @GordonGChang, Daily Beast, in re: China is now (finally) being called “irresponsible.” China, Australia, Germany, all expounding the line that we need to [work with] China. Vested interests supported by the PRC to derail opposition before it gains ground. Even Nicholas Kristof is using more robust language: a sign that elite US opinion is shifting. Xi Jinping says the same thing every year at Davos; lots of Westerners, corporate and political, gain financially from alliance with the CCP and the China lobby. Meng in Vancouver? The money-makers recommend appeasing China, but several days ago her request to have less security was turned down by a court. Justin Trudeau, an environmentalist, has to consider the oil-rich lands of Western Canada. Will Biden let Meng walk? He can’t—the political cost in the US would be far too great. https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-xi-warns-against-confrontation-in-veiled-message-to-biden-11611590516 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/opinion/sunday/foreign-policy-china.html