Do We Really Want a New Cold War?

[Mnementh]

Nighthawk117 said:

Mnementh said:

I agree that there are bad things in China. But I disagree that these can be solved by conflict. On the contrary.

And life for the normal people in China got better. They would disagree with you. Their life in the 80s was much worse than it is today. So if the US implements sanctions or increases military pressure it will negatively affect the life of normal chinese citizens. And they will in this case not blame their government, but yours.

Do the Chinese people have more freedom than the people of Hong Kong?  It is not the responsibility of the US government to overthrow the CCP, 

rather it is hoped that the Chinese people will one day rise up and overthrow the CCP.

Either that or slowly as younger people replace older in the ranks the country will change. I posted about the chinese students I met. These people may influence politics in the future. An great example is also Taiwan. That was an authoritarian government. But people were replaced slowly, and step for step the one-party system got replaced, elections allowed for new people to get elected and at some points new leaders arised. Under Chiang Kai-shek Taiwan wasn't democratic, but today it is. At no point the people overthrew the government, but it changed gradually. That can work too. It takes time though.