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The China Threat Meets the China Reality
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The China Threat Meets the China Reality

The view that China is an urgent enough economic threat to justify a broad rejection of free markets is mostly misguided.

Scott Lincicome
Jun 2, 2021
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Dear Capitolisters,

On the list of Washington priorities right now, the need to do something about China is at or near the top, and therefore motivates a lot of policy proposals—often seeded by lobbyists or special interest groups—that politicians might otherwise oppose. For example, we see supposed free marketer…

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