I'm personally trying a different tactic with liberals and instead asking them if they were an African country, given these two possibilities (China or America + other imperialist/former colonialist/neocolonialist countries), who would they honestly consider the better business partner; I'd also remind them Libya (the most prosperous African country) was once really close to America and look where they are now. I'd also ask them if they consider African people mentally inferior because all they have to do is hear what African leaders who denounce the US and France (and Germany in at least one case) have to say and whether they think African people aren't intelligent enough to choose for themselves. I tell them Africa's former colonial masters certainly felt African people weren't capable of governing themselves, perhaps they think Africa should be run by Western countries again (or I will the next time this comes up).

Of course the people on the other side of this question are liberals; I'm not getting my hopes up. As BlackAdder once said: "The eyes are open, the mouth moves, but Mr Brain has long since departed, hasn't he, Perce?"