"Back in the 1980s, Japan was portrayed as the greatest economic threat to the United States, and allegations of intellectual property theft were only part of Americans' vilification. Thirty years later, Americans have made China the villain, when, just like three decades ago, they should be looking squarely in the mirror."

“When governments permit counterfeiting or copying of American products, it is stealing our future, and it is no longer free trade.” So said US President Ronald Reagan, commenting on Japan after the Plaza Accord was concluded in September 1985.

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/for-america-chi...

Not much substance. Typical aplogist post. Just repeats party line. Eg "Century of Humiliation", "Opium", whataboutism etc

Even taking the cherry-picked history [1] and denial of Uyghur genocide at face value, this is simply yet another in a long line of articles that boil down to:

Your history is evil, therefore you do not have a right to self-defense [2].

[1] The author never asks himself how a country the size of China came to be 91.6% Han-Chinese, nor does he mention the Taiping Rebellion, the bloodiest civil war in history at 20 million dead, that overshadows the Opium Wars and cannot be blamed on the West.

[2] Against e.g. Chinese soft power/influence and economic exploitation of various forms.