Maybe not impossible, but things have to go really downhill in the West for us to bend over this far. Look at with how much pride we show off our democratic and free society, mentioning it whenever possible to underline our superiority to China or other countries. You don't give that up over night just for some economical benefit. You have to be close to starving.

I'm more worried how we start to undermine these very values ourselves in the name of fighting terrorism etc. While everyone's busy looking at how China is supposedly threatening our freedom, our government is already busy taking it away slowly, not heating up the water too quickly so the frog won't notice.

I wouldn’t worry too much. Just take a look at Chinese tech companies trying to enter new markets and how they’re not doing too well. Alibaba has the right idea. They just invest.