A piece I've been meaning to write for some time, but which Trump's shocking words this morning on Hong Kong pushed me to finally do: Trump is the most inept possible leader for a strong approach to China. https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/22/hong-kong-protests-xinjiang-donald-trump-xi-jinping-china/

Let’s be clear on one thing: there is no moral equivalence between democracy and dictatorship, between the US system and the PRC one. America equips its citizens with the tools to fight, China crushes any attempt to do so. That said:

Han supremacism in China cannot be fought without fighting white supremacism in the United States.

Indigenous people in China cannot be protected without fighting for indigenous people in the Americas.

The rights of Chinese workers cannot be protected if the rights of American workers are trampled.

Forced labor in the prisons of Xinjiang cannot be fought without fighting forced labor in the prisons of California.

China’s surveillance state depends on Silicon Valley’s surveillance state; dismantle one to dismantle the other.

The orphans of Xinjiang cry to the heavens for justice; so too do the orphans of the border