by Kevin Andrews MP
It can be surprising how fast events that greatly change perceptions can occur. Take the attitude to China.
For years, many in the West had assumed that the Middle Kingdom would liberalise politically as international trade increased.
As the Economist wrote: “Western leaders believed that giving China a stake in institutions such as the WTO would bind it into the rules-based system. They hoped that economic integration would encourage China to evolve into a market …
