Ignoring China’s True Character

The United States has long chosen to ignore the fact that Communist China is a hostile power – not just an economic competitor, let alone a friend.

Take, for example, Team Obama’s indifference to the giant Chinese internet provider, Alibaba, raising capital here via a huge initial public offering. That means a vast new platform from which the PRC can penetrate and subvert us from within.

Then, on Tuesday, a federal appeals court piled on. It ruled that Chinese investors are entitled to have access to unclassified, but sensitive, U.S. government documents – the sort used to justify the rare decision barring China from buying up strategically sensitive American companies.

In both cases, we are playing by different rules than China – a situation the Chinese exploit to their benefit and our detriment. This must stop.