America's Future Update on China

Update on China's Fakery on Free Trade

Thousands of homeowners in 38 states built their dream homes, but have had to move out because the builder used drywall from China that emits hydrogen sulfur fumes (a rotten egg smell) which makes them physically sick and causes their air conditioners, wiring and electronic equipment to malfunction. Their property now has no value (but mortgage payments are still due), and most insurance companies do not compensate. At least 5,600 homeowners are suing 1,600 defendants. Surprise, surprise: Chinese manufacturers say U.S. courts have no jurisdiction over them and, as one lawyer said, "hide behind the ocean." New York Times, 7-17-10

"What did you learn from Google's experience in China?" was a key question asked of Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, by Charlie Rose in a TV interview. Schmidt replied: "The Chinese government is very, very powerful. The evidence is clear that our entry did not alter censorship policies whatsoever. Negotiating, Charlie, doesn't work with the Chinese." Bloomberg Businessweek, 9-27-10

Update on China's Unsanitary Aquaculture

Bloomberg Businessweek featured a six-page spread on Chinese tilapia. 80% of the tilapia eaten in the U.S. is grown on fish farms in China and frozen before it is imported into our country. According to the U.S. Agriculture Dept. Economic Research Service, Chinese fish "are often raised in ponds where they feed on waste from poultry and livestock." When the tilapia are young, farmers toss animal waste in the ponds to feed the tilapia. Various experts in the industry say the Chinese cut their feed costs because they use manure for food. Chinese tilapia are therefore much cheaper. Costco won't buy Chinese tilapia because of production practices. A Costco buyer says Chinese processors use a glaze on frozen fillets that "contains carbon monoxide, which preserves the color of the fish and can make a fillet look fresher than it is. . . . Even if the fish starts to go bad, the fish will look good." Unlike salmon, tuna and other big ocean fish, tilapia doesn't contain omega-3 oils, one of the main health benefits of seafood. Oct. 25-31, 2010

Update on China's Military Threat

The New START Treaty signed by Obama is designed to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world, moving toward Obama's goal of a nuclear-free world. But the Obama Administration hasn't faced the fact that, as the U.S. builds down our strategic nuclear forces (by 20% under New START), China is moving ahead rapidly in a strategic buildup. China has plenty of U.S. dollars to spend. China has had a small, land-based nuclear force of ICBMs in fixed silos, but China's strategic force is getting bigger and better and constantly modernized. The Pentagon says China may now be able to put multiple nukes on a single, newly developed, road-mobile missile.

China is building 3,000 miles of tunnels in central China, known as "the Underground Great Wall," to hide China's enhanced, land-based second-strike capability targeted at the U.S. China also is building a new class of strategic submarines to carry sea-based ICBMs and strategic bombers with long-range cruise missiles. New York Post, 9-20-10