Wither China

The trade war, the Hong Kong protests, now this Coronavirus outbreak which seems like a massive public health crisis...

Others have compared the outbreak to Chernobyl, which Gorby thought marked the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union. And why not? China is an authoritarian regime. Beijing has a corrupt and complacent ruling class. The system is held up by lies.

We think Powerline has the measure of the situation. They point out something we've said for twenty years. There's always a nation liberals admiring say will surpass America. Japan and Germany, later the EU (that was always a joke), now China. Whose next?

Once more an authoritarian system is exposed.

Whatever is happening, and we don't know the truth about China yet, and whatever happens, Chairman Xi is having a bad couple of years.