Cheating tiger, tech-savvy dragon: Are Western concerns about `unfair trade` and `Made in China 2025` justified?
(WorldNews Belgium)

Many Western observers believe that China has not fully lived up to the commitments it made upon joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2001, while since then the Chinese economic and political system has not seen the hoped-for convergence to a Western-style liberal market economy. Moreover, Europe and the US are increasingly feeling the heat of China`s vigorous pursuit of technological leadership, best captured by the ambitious Made in China 2025 policy plan. Tensions between China and its main trading and investment partners have risen as a result. One should not be naive. When the complaints that Western policymakers...