The US has more prisoners than China, an "authoritarian" nation with 4x the population. In fact, certain sectors of our economy (Idaho potatoes, for one) are completely dependent on unfettered cheap prison labor.

Hong Kong is China, the fact it ever wasn't is because of Britain and the Opium Wars. Nothing new for Britain or its offshoot, the US — but I'm amazed people still think westerners should be able to balkanize the rest of the world at will for commercial interests. I suppose Oxycontin is just the domestic, self-inflicted version of that.

Also not sure what part about US democracy is comfortable, the majority of the population cannot afford a $500 emergency in the wealthiest "liberal representative democracy" on the planet. Most of us are wage slaves and are required to bail out these "too big to fail" banks and businesses every couple of years but sure, China is the global threat.

Btw how many governments has China overthrown? Because we can certainly get into numbers with these "freedom-bringing democracies"

Seems like a collective action problem. Maybe U.S. CEOs, celebrities, and other public figures should all coordinate a day (or longer?) of CCP public slams and digs?

Wow, every business in China enslaves people?

Wasn't he doing the very opposite of grovelling to China with the original comment? It's American culture that is forcing him to apologize.

Hong Kong is a prime example of the success of capitalism.