The United States still matters to people in China as a point of reference. But these days, the reference is commonly negative, at least with regard to food prices, medical bills, guns, drugs, and urban safety. America’s cultural exports now compete with many others, including China’s. And U.S. industry no longer dominates many sectors—not technology, where China is a major contender, and certainly not green energy, where China is particularly strong. The “kill line” discourse captures the growing skepticism that America is inherently a better place to live.
What Trump’s America Looks Like From China, The Atlantic
Reading this article caused me to recall the “Can You Say Why America is the Greatest Country in the World?” from The Newsroom.
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