You make some really good points, but I have to disagree with you on China. Maybe some anti-China anger has a tinge of racism to it, but I think more of it is based on misplaced anger about outsourcing, or moral outrage about their position on Tibet and Taiwan. "Repressing internal dissension" violently is hardly a "sovereign right." America's hands aren't totally clean either, but we've at least tried to make amends when it comes to the repression of minority groups and the taking away of their land. The question is more whether or not we have the standing to criticize Chinese abuses than whether or not they're being abusive.

Posted at May 6, 2008 11:19 AM in response to We're Living in Scarily Peaceful Times