That didn't happen. I was on the front lines in 1998 along with hundreds of others, including Sen. Inhofe, and Long Beach Naval Station was NOT turned over to COSCO control. They do have a presence there since we trade with China, but they don't control the port.
They may or may not have come through long beach, but the security agencies in the US, ie FBI, DEA, CIA, Customs and Immigration, are in my mind paid to be parinoid, that is what should keep them on their toes. When they stop being parinoid, people die.
Now the Chinese have presence over some of Long Beach, they also control both ends of the Panama Canal and have a lease for 50 years (so they a'int goin nowhere), they also own and control the container port, harbour and airport in Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas. That for your info is only 56 miles from the US coast.
Now what happened in the past, happened, and the only thing we can do about it, is to ensure the people in the right places are on their toes ever single minute of ever single day and should be paid accordingly, and if they mess up, they should be held accountable, but as I have said previously, they need to get parinoid.
If they do not, then the entire world will feel the consequences in the very near future.