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National security is an out for basically everything in the WTO. Beijing does it and shrieks at anyone else doing it. But there's your reciprocity.

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Is Trump's arrest and trial being reported in China? Years ago during a mock trial at Bei Da Fu Zhong, I made the comment that China will have moved more toward a rule of law if an independent Chinese legal system and judiciary would allow for the arrest and trial of the CCP president.

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I thought in another Sinocism letter there was text stated the response was muted.

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i think the propaganda system is still trying to work out how to play it

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I guess the propaganda system wishes the Chinese people to see this as an example of the continued chaos of the U.S. system of government, without encouraging them to consider possible wider implications.

By the way, I saw a debate last night with Adrian Zenz being one of the debaters. A fascinating man.

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