A Comment About

Thirty Years of Engaging China

January 3, 2009 - 12:44 am - by Gordon G. Chang
adam d.
2009-01-03 05:27:14

In many ways it’s been our China policy that has brought us to this particular critical moment in our own economic and social history, and it was at least partly done for the sake of bringing them to this critical moment in theirs.

And they’ve arrived. They have a hungry and growing business class, ever stronger dependencies on the global economy and now, a crisis that will force change.

We’re here. I don’t think it makes sense to abandon a policy at the 11th hour just because it isn’t the 12th hour yet.