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Posted on 11/23/2001 7:18:40 PM PST by Michael2001

According to Communist Party officials’ Chinese president Jiang Zemin has developed an obsession of late. The left wing leader seems to enjoy repeatedly watching video of Americans plunging to their death from the heights of the World Trade Center. This morbid pass time is not limited to Zemin, apparently, it has become a popular pastime in the Peoples Republic of China.

The demand for American blood has become so strong that DVDs, books, and video games glorifying the bombings of September 11th have flooded the market. Using the theme music from Jaws, and crafty editing of Hollywood feature films like the recent remake of Godzilla showing the giant lizard crumbling buildings in NY, the common theme is that an arrogant nation has been given exactly what it deserves. The Beijing documentary proclaims, "This is the America the whole world has wanted to see. Blood debts have been repaid in blood." Unofficial documentaries were not so kind.

Is this the "strategic partner" that former president Clinton once referred to? Is this our partner in the coalition against terrorism?

The most recent department of commerce numbers show an increase in the trade deficit with China, rising from 7.5 billion to 8.1 billion dollars in the month of August. Consisting primarily of toys, games, sporting goods, telecommunications equipment, electrical machinery, computers and computer products, imports rose 1 billion to a whopping 10 billion dollars a month.

COSCO (Chinese Owned Shipping Company) tankers transport most of the imported goods from China. To see the sight of these giant ships cruising into a harbor is awesome. They carry piles of containers as large as eighteen-wheeler trailers, of which very few are ever inspected. In fact, COSCO was caught in the early nineties trying to smuggle assault rifles to Los Angles street gangs. With the newfound awareness of terrorism and the importing of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, isn’t it wise to have security concerns about what exactly China is importing?

China has not let this transfer of billions in hard currency go to waste. By all accounts they have been building up the strategic capabilities of their military. Just four days after the Trade Center bombings China tested the SS-22 Sunburn cruise missile. Designed to sink U.S. warships, the SS-22 is capable of carrying nuclear warheads and has a range of 80-85 miles.

This one-way trade policy with China has also directly benefited China’s military modernization. In the late nineties changes in trade laws allowed Loral Corporation to transfer vital rocket stage separation technology to China. This dual use technology improved China’s ability to launch satellites in space but it also enhanced their Intercontinental Ballistic Missile capabilities. During this same period China received the technology to launch multiple satellites in orbit, unfortunately, this technology can also be used to launch multiple nuclear warheads.

This foolish policy toward China doesn’t stop with trade and military secrets. On January 1st 2000 control over both ports of the Panama Canal were handed over to China. Without a shot being fired the most strategic waterway in the world was turned over to China giving it an economic and military chokehold over the United States. It also gave them a base of operations in the Western Hemisphere to smuggle drugs and illegal aliens into the United States.

The nature of the "Unrestricted Warfare" being waged against the U.S. allows for nations to wage silent wars against other states. It gives them plausible deniability. Recently it has been reported that Chinese soldiers have been assisting the Taliban government and have actually been killed in bombings. Should China be a member of the coalition to fight terrorism when they assist terrorist states?

As our nation backslides into an economic contraction that may be the worst since 1929, how can we continue to reward a nation that can’t contain it’s glee while thousands of Americans die a horrifying death, with billions of U.S. dollars every month in trade deficits?

This inverted relationship must come to an end. The warped belief that creating an interdependent economy with China will be beneficial to all can’t continue to guide U.S. policy. To do so is just strengthening a growing monster by draining U.S. wealth. The 21st century is shaping up to be an "age of reality". Dreams of world government have proven to be a childlike fantasy. To the liberal architects of this delusion it should now be clear that there is no Santa Claus. There is no global village. Engaging China makes sense. Handing them the keys to the city is a bit too much. Let the Red Menace ship its "Made In China" label to whatever cave Bin Laden’s terrorists are hiding in.

Boycott All Chinese Goods

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