Why is China Threatened?      

    Part 2 

     Different hemispheres. Gordan Chang: "An insecure regime in Beijing is worried about the inspirational impact of our values and form of governance on the Chinese people. The Party believes it will never be secure as long as the U.S. exists."

     "I think Xi Jinping knows that he will not invade the main island of Taiwan. He doesn't trust his generals and admirals. He knows that the people do not want war, and they especially do not want war with Taiwan." (Taiwan is the home of Chinese people who fled the communists who overtook China after World War II.  

     "The only thing (Xi) can try is maybe a trade quarantine or a full blockade, and hope that the rest of the world doesn't challenge him." 

     China is much like the Soviet Union in a new cold war. What lessons can the U.S. apply? "Well, we brought down the Soviet Union through economic means, and we should do the same thing with China. It cannot afford to attack us without our own money and technology. We need to cut that off. Allowing trade and investment to continue is not just a strategic failure, it's a moral failure." 

     "Our country would be disadvantaged, but we cannot think that after five decades of misguided China policy we will get out of this without cost. (Those who value only their bank accounts) are not taking into account the lives of other Americans. China through predatory and criminal practices is taking our technology."

     "China's intellectual property theft is half a trillion dollars a year. We should not be financing a militant regime which is determined to destroy our country."

  Part 3 - Dark world, unless...