We empower China every time we buy something.
I'm really annoyed with this kind of thinking. If everything was viewed upstream we wouldn't even be talking about individuals purchasing things from China because more manufacturers would've diversified elsewhere.
Auto manufacturers produce gas cars and fingers get pointed at the individual. Companies over use packaging and plastics, but you know who's at fault? The individual. This is absolutely ludicrous.
If we want to stop empowering China our corporations need to put people over profits. But hey, free market capitalism and the invisible hand of the market always allocates capital in the most correct way.
/Rant over