A balloon is held at a press conference in front of a building holding a now-closed Chinese police station, in New York City on Feb. 25, 2023. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Commentary
For decades, western leaders comforted themselves with the belief that China’s economic rise would eventually produce political moderation. Trade, globalization, investment, and integration into international institutions were all supposed to transform China into a more cooperative and responsible actor within the existing international order. That assumption now appears profoundly mistaken.
