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Donald Trump Is Not the Only One Demonizing China

01/25/2016

• Ivan Eland Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace & Liberty, The Independent Institute

One day recently, the New York Times, following Donald Trump's lead, ran two articles that demonized China--although the elite newspaper did so much more subtly than the crudities of "the Donald." One article talked about how China, through its trade with and investment in Iran, had allowed Iran to survive Western economic sanctions and now had the advantage over Western companies now that most such measures had been lifted. The article stated that China, to fuel its rapid economic growth, was thirsty for the cheaper oil from Iran (discounted to sell during the sanctions regime) and is also interested in a "silk road" strategy to extend its economic influence westward. The other article reported that the economies of poor African countries, whose exports of raw materials to the growing Chinese economy had allowed them to begin to grow out of poverty, were now crashing because of China's slowing growth. As usual, both of the Times' articles had a subtle odor unfavorable to China.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ivan-eland/donald-trump-is-not-the-o_b_9068380.html