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  It has been over 1 year since this post and these comments were written. Now, we are still reading about poisoning toys from China and are now under a full scale attack by the Chinese government backed Conficker worm turned botnet. The new President of the US, Barack Obama, is now saddled with the problem and bills are underway in Congress to allow the President to "pull the plug" to fix the Internet. There is a cabinet position for technology. It is interesting to see how prophetic these comments are in only one year. I predict that by this time next year, we will all be engaged in multipoint to multipoint brain to brain warfare and the Chinese government will be using kids as first person shooters against threats to their power. The mind control will be sexually oriented to disrupt the military, women will be subjugated to slavery along with the scientists, money will be worthless and people will be without bread. By the time a response is in place, they will be in a position to fatally disarm us by a full takeover of our electromagnetic spectrum. Then, we will discover what everyone is afraid now to tell, there are more of us implanted without our knowledge than anyone truly knows and we will be more dependent on our communications technology than our cars for our livelihood. That is... unless we wake up from all this happy, happy talk, and pretense that everything will be alright if we do nothing at all.

  femtobeam Posted April 25, 2009 10:01 AM
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  Looks like an undeclared war has already started. Once China weakens our economy sufficiently, and compromises our computers and communications, it can then take more overt steps. They've already tried to poison our kids with toys contaminated with lead. Call me paranoid, but if someone does something to give kids lead poisoning, which can cause severe developmental problems, doesn't that also mean that it would have a damaging effect on our future political and military leaders, and leave us at a disadvantage in any future conflict? That's some pretty scary stuff!

  Just Saying Posted March 11, 2008 2:15 PM
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  As I recall, Bill Clinton gave away the farm in so far as technology transfer was made to China. (so maybe they would like us?) I don't care if people like us, I'd just as soon they fear us...fear is a great motivator.

  Richard Smith Posted March 10, 2008 7:30 PM
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  Really? I'm a bit shocked by these comments. It is as if we, the consumer, who fueled the demand for inexpensive consumer goods bear no responsibility. Just like our demand for oil has no connection to funding terror, we prefer to blame those elected officials we don't like.

  I'm of the personal opinion that is is industrial espionage, just like nations have done to each other for hundreds of years.

  We have something someone wants. Putting "cyber" in front of the threat shouldn't cause so much alarm. It's a fundamental, age-old problem. Not a new one.

  Shifting responsibility isn't going to change one thing.

  anon_please Posted March 7, 2008 8:18 AM
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  Try to buy something not made in China, tools, tires, furniture, you name it...good luck finding it!

  noman Posted March 6, 2008 2:56 PM
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  The current adminitration has actually traded our lives, liberty and technology to the #1 threat to this nation and our economy. This is the current administration's idea of diplomacy and foreign relations, in order give everything away and cry foul when they use these things against us and having the Chinese paying our salaries.

  Jean Mays Posted March 5, 2008 4:22 PM
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  Why Hasn't Congress revoked the PRC's "Most Favored Nation" trade benefit status given it's refusal to take back deportees, it's continued "Aggressive Strategic Posturing (if not against us then who)" and it's monetary policies? I wonder how much money they are sending to campaign finance.

  WEB Posted March 5, 2008 10:17 AM
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  Now that the Olympics will be held there, the Athletes will use the Internet to connect back to America. How will the Chinese use that to get into the American Cyber system undetected?

  christine Posted March 4, 2008 3:31 PM
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  Why are they so surprised? ALL of the computers except mainframes are made in China - and even some of those components are made there. I just purchased a new notebook PC, shipped directly from China! Keep outsourcing our technology and spending our national treasure...this whole country is paying the price.

  fedworker Posted March 4, 2008 2:37 PM
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  China is an emerging global giant and will soon be a superpower. For the U.S. the problem is one of defeating terrorism while still remembering that there are larger and more capable and organized military threats to our national security to consider. We need a much larger military. We need one with both special forces small unit capability and one with full scale conventional heavy combat capability. In short, we need two militaries not just one. We also need leaders who can innovate, plan, think and execute not just be partisen and bicker with each other without accomplishing anything. We also need more investment in science,education, a strong economy and a whole lot of other things our inept political and national leadership cannot currently provide.

  Average Citizen Posted March 4, 2008 2:30 PM
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  The Chinese are spying on us. In the words of Gomer Pyle, Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!.

  Not only are they spying on us, they have increased their military budget by 20% to 58 Billion dollars.

  The unfairness is that it is our money, that finances all of this.

  We buy from China, Vietnam, Burma (Mynamar), Laos and from a myriad of unfriendly countries.

  Even oil we get is from future adversaries.

  So what can we American's do, 1) don't shop at WalMart as 90% of there goods are from China et al.

  2) Drive slower and stop wasting gas by idling to pick up the pizza.

  3) Educate yourself about where products are from and how much is returned to the manufacturing country.

  4) Write congress and the senate that we need stricter tariffs and stricter guidlines for mega companies that import the junk they sell us.

  and 5) Stop buying junk, we all have enough.

  Nick Posted March 4, 2008 2:17 PM
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  In 1998 two Chinese colonels published a book identifying ten strategies for waging war with the United States. Incapacitating our internet infrastructure via cyber-warfare was one of them. Disinformation about their intentions was also a key premise. I remember reading an issue of Foreign Affairs approximately two years ago which featured China as the topic of several writers all of whom, it appeared, worked for the Chinese government. The main themes were that their intentions were benevolent and that it would take at least 45 more years to achieve parity with the US. And then I remembered the book by the two colonels. Finally, considering that a portion of all income from exports in China is diverted to the military, it is conceivable that our reliance on China to supply so many of the things we consume may be a factor in financing an entity whose intentions toward us may well not be benevolent. Since China's rapid rise via economic growth is a result of supplying so many consumer items to the world, making them dependent on exports for their continued expansion in areas such as their military, it would only make sense to use this as a lever to pressure the Chinese government to behave more honorably. Of course, that would require consumers in the West to ration of even deprive ourselves; something the Chinese may be quite confident that we are collectively unwilling to do.

  Realist Posted March 4, 2008 1:03 PM
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  This should come as no surprise. My question is: When is the White House/Congress going to beter understand the global environment of today?

  Future "wars" will be technologically based and not won with military muscle. Military muscle may win the battle but ultimately lose the war. There truly needs to be an information "IT" position at the cabinet level.

  Ted Posted March 4, 2008 11:34 AM
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  Guess those jerks who bought Lenovo laptops will have to trade them in for Dells, HP's, etc. The Red Chinese are still our enemies, guys/gals, despite their phony Olympics image upcoming this summer. Wake up America!

  ChristmasTree Posted March 4, 2008 8:56 AM
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  The threat is real. China is posturing for global domination. AF professional military education readings mentions this, and cyber attacks are just one tool/weapon to achieve this. Chinese military officials posit that nothing is off the table whenit comes to future wars.

  Mark Posted March 4, 2008 6:48 AM