America's Future Update on China

China's Electronic Espionage

Communist China has pervasive access to 80% of the world's communications, giving it the ability to undertake remote industrial espionage, to exploit networks to steal technology and trade secrets, and to sabotage electronically critical devices and infrastructures in the U.S. The Chinese government and its People's Liberation Army are acquiring this electronic backdoor through two Chinese companies, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd and ZTE Corp. WND, 7-2-12

The U.S. government accused the Chinese of being the world's most active and persistent perpetrators of economic spying. The bulk of this spying is carried out in cyberspace, where vast volumes of data can be stolen in seconds, according to U.S. intelligence officials. Our research and development are under attack. Wall Street Journal, 11-3-11

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), accused China of industrial cyberespionage against the U.S., calling it brazen and widespread theft of intellectual property from foreign commercial competitors. Beijing is waging a massive war on all of us, and [the U.S. and its allies] should band together and pressure them to stop. Navy Times, 10-6-11

Update on China's Military Threat

China's nuclear arsenal poses the most serious mortal threat to the United States, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 10, 2011. The U.S. intelligence community expresses increased concern about China's military buildup, most of which is carried out in secret.

A Senate Armed Service Committee released a report stating that one million suspected bogus parts had been found in U.S. military aircraft, including the Air Force's largest cargo plane, in assemblies intended for special operations helicopters, and in a Navy surveillance plane. Our report outlines how this flood of counterfeit parts, overwhelmingly from China, threatens national security, the safety of our troops and American jobs, Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) said. Washington Times, 5-28-12

China is shipping fake driver's licenses and other IDs to the United States that can bypass even the newest electronic digital security systems, according to our security experts and the Secret Service. USA Today, 6-9-12

Update on China's Hereditary Royalty

If you think Communism is a country where everybody is equal, think again. Communist China is a country where members of a hereditary royalty, dubbed the Red Nobility, own vast fortunes, run the economy, and control politics.

In 2010 the Communist Party required all its officials to report income, plus the investments of their spouses and children. But the disclosure reports remain secret. The Communist Party is not likely to move against these officials because they are high ranking officials and related to other powerful persons. One authority on China's leadership said, Whenever they want to implement reform, their children say, Dad, what about my business?

A culture of nepotism and privilege permeates the bureaucracy at every level of government in Communist China. One China scholar said, After a while you realize, wow, there are actually a lot of princelings out there. . . . You've got the children of current officials, the children of previous officials, the children of local officials, . . . all trying to use their connections to make money. The Chinese news media censors out all news of bribery and corruption. New York Times, 5-18-12