The President of the United States stood before world television and declared the little nations of Syria, Iran, Libya and North Korea to be evil empires.  It was bold and asserting.  However, the most evil empire of all has never been called out in such fashion by an official of this nation. Those stated evil empires are fueled through weapons trade, and even weapons of mass destruction, by China.  It is China that gives them the technology and courage to do what they do.  Yet, we won't approach China about these sinister actions.

Illegal Immigration is on the front burner.  We debate, accuse and threaten all sorts of reactions to the illegal entry into this nation.  All of that talk seems to focus on the border of Mexico.  The most savage form of illegal immigration is that of sex slavery sponsored the nation of China.  These slaves are being smuggled into the ports of Seattle, Los Angeles, Baltimore, New York, etc.  It is very barbaric - cramming innocent lives into shipping containers and comes with the oversight of the Chinese government.  However, we don't scream about this like we should.  It is happening daily but the official concern is on the border of Mexico.

We have trade debates and confrontations with various nations throughout the world.  The recent trade talks at Doha collapsed in total failure.  The U.S. courts China and wants to consider them a "most favored nation for trade".  The reality is China is a master pirate and trade thief.  No country on this earth condones patent theft and the violation of intellectual property rights like the Military Regime of China.  From watches to Buicks, you can find U.S. products being "knocked off" in China and distributed around the world.  Even from the legitimate trade we have over a $200 billion trade deficit with China.  There have been many wars started in this world over less of a trade imbalance.

It gets worse!  In addition to the dirty trading, China falsely props up its money value.  The Yen is a mystery because this rogue nation uses "smoke and mirrors" to assess its currency value.  It is very misleading and can corrupt our money markets around the world.  Also, China is buying up our debt.  It owns 15% of the US National Debt (US Treasury Bonds).  This makes them our single largest creditor.  They own a piece of our "mortgage" and that is very scary.  Why are they doing this if not for leverage and advantage and/or blackmail?

Oil crisis - thank China for it.  60% of all the new oil being produced goes to meet the demand of China.  This is reflected at our pump.  While environmentalists resist our drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, China has begun to do it.  They have begun pulling natural gas off the coast of our Florida Keys.  Also, they have launched a joint venture with Cuba to begin building oil rigs to pump out the vast reserves off our shorelines.  This is bold as Hell!  Yet, you don't hear a "purr" from the US.

Our press went ballistic when a small Arab nation was about to take over the management of the Port of Baltimore.  But all the while nothing has been said about China taking over the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.  What is even more devastating is the fact that China now manages the Panama Canal which once belonged to us.  They are there watching our merchant ships as well as our entire navy.  This is a serious breach in national security.  But yet, no shouts are coming from Congress or the White House.

China is also busy exploiting Africa.  For some reason we are assisting them in that exploitation.  The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is supposed to promote trade and agri-business between the United States and African nations.  However, there is a loop hole as big as the Grand Canyon that allows China to substitute its cotton products in place of African cotton products.  This has delivered a terrible blow to the farmers and textile industry of Africa.  What is even more sickening is that the Congressional Black Caucus has supported this action to the benefit of China and detriment of Africa.  Even today, members of the CBC are running around Capitol Hill trying to make this action permanent for the benefit of China.  It is insanity!

China has its mojo working on us and it is a very sad state of affairs.  A communistic militarily run empire with a human rights record and undemocratic system that is totally deplorable.  They are the real threat.

Mr. Alford is the President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce. 

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