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No Moral Equivalence, But Policy Convergence
The speaker emphasizes there is no moral equivalence between the US and China due to the Chinese party's full dictatorship. However, the speaker notes that policies of the two countries are starting to resemble each other more and more as both nations are seen to be in a new cold war. The US policy towards China, from 2000 to 2020, aimed at helping China open up through trade, collaboration, and investments, with the belief that increased capitalism would lead to increased democracy.