We Don't Have to Trade With China

No, we do not have to:

Beijing warned Slovakia and the Czech Republic on Friday that nobody should harbour any illusions about the "necessary measures" China will take to defend its sovereignty, ahead of a visit to both countries next week by Taiwan's foreign minister.

What would Jan Kubis and Jozef Gabcik do?

No, this isn't dishonest at all:

Suppliers to Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and China's top chipmaker SMIC got billions of dollars worth of licenses from November through April to sell them goods and technology despite their being on a U.S. trade blacklist, documents released by Congress showed on Thursday.

According to the documents, first obtained by Reuters, 113 export licenses worth $61 billion were approved for suppliers to ship products to Huawei while another 188 licenses valued at nearly $42 billion were greenlighted for Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC).

The data also showed that more than 9 out of 10 license applications were granted to SMIC suppliers while 69% of requests to ship to Huawei were approved over the same period.

 

If China goes under, what your future then? Is there another countries' slave labour to exploit?:

Much of the West condemns China for its crackdown on freedom and democracy in the city, spearheaded by a new national security law that critics say is systematically snuffing out dissent. Zeman, 72, has not only defended Beijing’s policies but embraced them as a welcome tonic for Hong Kong’s recent turmoil.

He acts, in fact, as an economic advisor to Carrie Lam, the chief executive who has loyally implemented the Chinese government’s directives in the wake of mass protests in 2019.

“I’m looking forward to a very positive future for Hong Kong,” Zeman told Bloomberg Television recently. “With the new system and the security law and all these things that have helped create stability in Hong Kong, Hong Kong will be a great place.

“I believe that Beijing will only do greater things for Hong Kong.”