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I don't think that a nation that topples local governments to install dictator puppets [1] is so concerned about making countries more progressive. The idea that we're trading with China to make them more democratic was propaganda to sell a policy that would make the Soviets weaker and certain elites richer. This study sponsored by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation is also propaganda.

I don't think it's wrong, but it's worth noting that their dates to when China openly admitted to sourcing organ donations from execution victims. I wouldn't be surprised if China were continuing this practice, but I doubt that America genuinely cares about these execution victims any more than they suddenly started caring that Saddam's genocide in the 1980s before they invaded Iraq, or that Russia genuinely cares about Nazis in Ukraine.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...




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