Americans should never accept the Strongman

One of the hardest things for me to do right now is read the news coming out of China. I cannot believe a country that was turning into a world partner has taken the opposite road.

About a decade ago, I lived in China. Suzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzen were all my residences at one time and it afforded me the opportunity to see the Chinese people turn these cities into world class destinations.

It was 2009 and my first time living in China was in Suzhou. It has a populaton of 8 million and is about a 45 minute bullet train ride from Shanghai. It is called the Venice of China because of can...