Not the people of China working long hours for low pay under horrid working conditions. And not the American workers losing their high-paying manufacturing jobs to China and other countries where people are desperate. As such, the spy incident wasn t critical. A settlement on these issues is likely as long as the leaders of both countries want a commercial relationship. The real issue that still has to be faced is the corporate-dominated free market path that currently defines economic globalization.
History teaches that ruling elites can use and abuse people for only a certain amount of time.
Ultimately people get fed up. This story is protected by copyright and cannot be reprinted without the permission of the author.