For U.S. Companies That Challenge China, the Risk of Digital Reprisal

The New York Times ^ | MAY 20, 2014 | KEITH BRADSHER

[Cringing Negativism Network]

HONG KONG — Two large American steel makers, U.S. Steel and Allegheny Technologies, each lost confidential files giving access to their computer networks.

The largest solar panel manufacturer in the United States, SolarWorld, allegedly lost technological secrets, production cost data, cash flow projections and the details of its legal strategy.

The United Steelworkers union lost computer records containing trade policy strategies and discussions about rare earth metals and auto parts.

All four had something in common besides data theft: Each was in the middle of pushing back against China’s trade policies by seeking help from the World Trade Organization or the Commerce Department.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

People remember please.

China imports quite a large amount into America.

440 billion last year.

China meanwhile does not export anywhere near that, back to China.

122 billion during that same year.

This is not sustainable. We are financing China's military.

America we need to bring back American manufacturing, right back to the USA.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Here we see the Obama administrations “Asian Pivot” on display