It is simple to divide the world between good and evil; strong and weak, right and wrong. In principle, the US, both its government and the private sector, had little interest in economic development within the Soviet Union; that is, of course, a different case in the Sino-American relationship today. The approach to containing the Soviet Union was accepted as a rule in US policy. A strong China that is economically prosperous for its own people and the world is beneficial for everyone. We can observe this motive in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) rhetoric and within its foreign and domestic interests.
