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A Debate on China: Competitor, Adversary or Enemy?

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2. It's now the #1 trading partner of more than 100 countries.

3. It is a firm ally of the world's economic elite from Wall Street to Brussels.

4. Its low wages and lack of worker protection have led U.S. and other international corporations to relocate American jobs to China.

C. Witness China's Repression:

1. It does not share West's values of free speech, free press, freedom of religion, and democratic voting.

2. Since the 1980s China has been "hiding is power and biding its time," but is now openly demonstrating its intention to export its oppression as shown in China's:

a) Increased military spending

b) Building of a new centrally controlled internet architecture

c) Export of sophisticated surveillance systems

d) Undermining of international institutions such as the World Health Organization, the UN, the OAS, and the IMF

e) Retribution against those who even mention its oppression of Muslim minorities or its coverup of the Coronavirus outbreak

f) Treatment of Uyghurs in concentration camps

g) Police violence vs. those seeking greater freedom in Hong Kong

h) Long-standing military threats against Taiwan

i) Building of artificial islands in the South China Sea beyond internationally recognized maritime borders

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