What price are American values?

Are we prepared to pay the price for imposing our values, or the values of a majority of Americans or in some cases a minority of Americans, on other countries? I think not. 

Hillary Clinton has been inundated with questions as to whether or not she or Obama have confronted Premier Hu Jintao on China's policy of forced abortions. Understand that our pro-life advocates characterize China's birth policy as "problem." On  the contrary, China characterizes it as just another policy, not a problem. China also characterizes it as a "Chinese policy" and not the concern of America's pro-life advocates. It seems to me that I seldom read that China is imposing their social policies on America, but self-righteous Americans are too willing to tell other countries to be like us. Talk is cheap and to a degree constitutionally protected, but the issue is, is anyone willing to pay the price for attempting to impose certain American values on China? Certainly not Wal-Mart or any of the thousands of companies that import products made in China. 

Why do we believe that American values are sacro-sanct and trump the values of other countries? Although we have never walked in China's footsteps, we usurp the right to challenge their direction. It seems to me there is an ancient bit of wisdom that compels caution in fostering this notion. The risk is that not only we will not be successful in imposing our values, but that China may start to argue for imposing their values on us. Values are a two way street, and America is not without some social inequalities of her own. China might just give some global visibility to the flaws in our values. There lies the problem with throwing stones, a nation must be careful not to destroy its own house. The price of attempting to impose our values on another nation may be the higher price of rebuilding our own.