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April 7, 2008 at 19:50:50

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The time has passed to lead the Chinese or correct the Chinese. America and the West have traded principles for cheap, manufactured goods and hid that fact with platitudes, cheap promisesand slogans about free trade, doing neither our own people nor the Chinese people any good. The upcoming Olympic games, rather than showcasing the new China, showcases the failure of the West and the utter failure of capitalism as a political, moral force. To willingly and gladly do business with one of the most repressive and brutal governments in the world makes our speeches about democracy empty and threadbare.

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