Originally Posted by
tdracer
Most of their funds come from trade with China (most of the rest of the world has an embargo) - so the Chinese have to be somewhat complicit in allowing this to go on.
This is really will be an early test for Biden - he's long been buddy-buddy with mainland China and it's not a secret that he plans to "improve" relations with China (whatever that means).
Trump, for all his faults, understood that the Chinese are not our friends (with their own agenda) and treated them accordingly.
Nations don't have friends, they do have interests.
China was once 'The Middle Kingdom', with an estimated 40% of global GNP. Understandably, they would like to restore that status.
They cannot be blamed if the US cooperates with their longer term goals by shifting its industrial base to China.