Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns.
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We have in-depth knowledge about Chinese industries. We know what's driving the country's economic growth.
Chinese military spending is carefully monitored by the United States.
For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law. By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs.
There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.
Thanks to the Internet in general and social media in particular, the Chinese people now have a mechanism to hold authorities accountable for wrongdoing - at least sometimes - without any actual political or legal reforms having taken place. Major political power struggles and scandals are no longer kept within elite circles.
Our policy for the last many years has been to deter the Chinese government in Beijing from ever coming into the position where they thought they had enough leverage over the U.S. to cross the Straits of Taiwan.
There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.
The campaign finance scandal in America is the global warming of American political life - with cash substituting for deadly solar radiation.
It's proper and appropriate to remind the Chinese about what they get out of solid relations with the United States.
I don't care what political party is controlling China right now. All I know is we are all Chinese.