Brazen display of prejudice and ignorance

In an op-ed The Guardian published on Saturday titled "World must be more wary than ever of China's growing economic power", the author, Phillip Inman, called on the "free world" to jointly limit China's efforts to "undermine others' economic resources", as the country "is pulling every lever at its disposal to counter Donald Trump's economic blockade, and it's working".

But the argument of the senior economics writer for the British newspaper doesn't hold water.

To begin with, Inman labels China a "malign actor" on the world stage, laying bare his political bias toward the country from the outset. That deprives his analysis of the China-related issues of any objectivity.