The Moral Imperative to End China's Regime

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Gatestone Institute

Gordon G. Chang
December 1, 2021

• The Communist Party of China operates one of the most immoral regimes in history. For instance, it kills in great numbers.

• The Genocide Convention, in Article I, requires signatories, such as the United States, "to prevent and to punish" acts of genocide.

• Preventing and punishing does not include strengthening the despicable ruling group by, for instance, buying Chinese products.

• If there is now no reasonable hope for a benign Chinese communism — almost all observers and political leaders once thought the system would evolve in a welcomed direction — then we must not tolerate the regime, which means we have, in the first instance, a moral imperative to cut ties with it.

• Cutting ties would result in ending the reign of the Communist Party, which has always been dependent on continual infusions of foreign cash.

"We do business in 100 countries," said Jamie Dimon to Fox News Channel's Maria Bartiromo in early August. "And we do, we do it under the laws of those lands and under the law of America as they apply."

"Foreign policy is set by the American government, not set by JPMorgan," Dimon, the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, argued.

Dimon is correct. The U.S. government does not prohibit banks or other companies from doing business in China.

Yet doing business in China strengthens a horrific regime, so the issue is not about legality, as Dimon suggests. It is about morality.

We must, therefore, ask: Is it moral to do business in the People's Republic of China?

 

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