Ex-Nat’l Security Adviser: The West made China rich not Communism, to change course would be costly, ‘painful but it would be right’

Steve Yates, former Deputy National Security Adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney, discusses diplomatic talks happening today between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping after recent heightened tensions following the U.S. shooting down a Chinese spy balloon. Yates comments that at a time where economic relations between the two nations is so intertwined and many of China’s recent actions have been seen by the West as aggressive, it is important to remember that the “Communist Party didn't make China modern and rich, the West did by showering them opportunity, If we decide to move a different direction, that would be costly, it might be difficult and painful but it would be right.” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .