China, doesn’t particularly care about American industry lobbists
They do have some reach, Tesla is popular here because of tons of lobbying by Musk, though thats changing.
Most of the worlds hemp production, including for paper, is located in China, I dont know anything about the history or economics.
If even half of them showed up for the dems, and the dems had +10 in the senate, they'd do nothing to help the people who elected them, give the Republicans half the discretionary budget in the name of bipartisanship, give the banks billions of dollars, and bomb a dozen middle eastern countries to prove they're just as strong on foreign policy as Republicans. We know this because that is what happened. We need to focus on purging the party if we want our votes to matter in the general.