Death by China reveals GREED in action at various levels in our age of GLOBALIZATION and INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. From the book we can see all kinds of economic, political, and military dishonest tactics and strategies (cheats and frauds)China has been using to build up its power, expand its territories, and become Number One (or the Center)of the world. Fundamentally, China thrives on human GREED, including its own GREED --GREED for MONEY and POSSESSION, and GREED for POWER.
But who is this "China"? Definitely not the huge land which can superimpose easily upon the USA. For the land itself is suffering day and night by all kinds of human destruction to its rivers and seas, air and soil. Definitely not all Chinese scattered all over the world.
This "China," the root of all evils discussed in the book, is the Chinese hawks, politicians and business tycoons, and members of China's Communist Party- --those who have gained their power and possession from Chinese free trade and business style in the context of globalization. It is this "China" that built up its own systems and subsystems on its land, as well as the 21st-century slavery and imperialism all over the world to dominate and destroy life on our planet Earth.
Remember in China the gap between the rich and the poor continues to be widening. Poor Chinese peasants and ethnic groups in Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang are still living in subhuman conditions. Even Chinese babies continue to be fed with contaminated milk, given fake medications and poisonous vaccines while Chinese housewives living in big cities have to soak the vegetables bought from Chinese supermarkets in salt water for a while before they dare to use them as food for their families.
All over the world consumers love to buy goods at low prices. "China" knows this so well, they always offer them "good deals," ever since the early 1990s, from light industries with Christmas toys, sneakers, and garments, to high tech companies, and all kinds of "good deals" for heavy industries. GREED. The big bait is so tempting with the death trap beneath, not for one, but for all--the whole world is being lured into the death trap without knowing it.
CEOs, businessmen and businesswomen love to maximize corporate profits by whatever vicious means and short-term strategies available, including outsourcing, and 21st-century slavery and exploitation. In Africa and Asia, quite a few political leaders have been fed by Chinese business and investment so long; they would rather sell their native land to China, and dump their fellow people than bite their Han master's hand. Giant stock shareholders, many of whom are country leaders and politicians, enjoy life and celebrate their heydays. True, for it is impossible to reverse the course of globalization. The future generations will have to take care of themselves.
There are demonstrations and protests everywhere: uprisings in Tibet,Jasmin Revolutions, demonstrations by the Vietnamese and the Filipinos. The Dalai Lama's messages, His Five-Point Peace Plan, Strasbourg Proposals in 1988 and in 2001, and His Appeal to the Chinese people, monks and nuns....Some are like echoes in the Sahara Desert; some voices are dying out. GREED has drown them with all its might.
But the Earth is dying. GREED is swallowing up humans; yet human desire never subsides, and everybody seems to want more and more. And the "China" thrives on GREED and GLOBALIZATION; its empire continues to expand day and night. Instead of assuming universal responsibilities and promoting co-existence, quality, cooperation and collaboration through negotiations and peaceful dialogs, big fish simply want all their share. "This is MINE, MINE, MINE," shouts China at its neighbors about the South China Sea. And China continues to flex its muscles, threatens, bullies, and tortures its poorer neighbors whose daily meals depend on their daily catch in their small fishing boats. The story never ends, for the South China Sea has oil wells and lots of minerals and precious stones on its islands. "MINE! MINE! MINE!" roars the red dragon as it tries to gulp down everything into its huge stomach.
Let's revisit the issue of Tibet back in 1949 by reading the following excerpts:
In 1949 the People's Republic of China forcibly invaded Tibet. Since that time, Tibet has endured the darkest period in its history. More than a million of our people have died as a result of the occupation. Thousand of monasteries were reduced to ruins. A generation has grown up deprived of education, economic opportunities and a sense of its on national character. Though the current Chinese leadership has implemented certain reforms it is also promoting a massive population transfer onto the Tibetan plateau. This policy has already reduced the six million Tibetans to a minority. Speaking for all Tibetans, I must sadly inform you, our tragedy continues.
http://dalailama.com/messages/tibet/strasbourg-proposal-1988
At present in Asia, as elsewhere, tensions are high. There are open conflicts in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and in my own country, Tibet. To a large extent, these problems are symptoms of the underlying tensions that exist among the area's great powers. In order to resolve regional conflicts, an approach is required that takes into account the interests of all relevant countries and peoples, large and small. Unless comprehensive solutions are formulated that take into account the aspirations of the people most directly concerned, piecemeal or merely expedient measures will only create new problems.
When the newly formed People's Republic of China invaded Tibet in 1949/50, it created a new source of conflict. This was highlighted when, following the Tibetan national uprising against the Chinese and my flight to India in 1959, tensions between China and India escalated into the border war in 1962. Today large numbers of troops are again massed on both sides of the Himalayan border and tension is once more dangerously high.
The real issue, of course, is not the Indo-Tibetan border demarcation. It is China's illegal occupation of Tibet, which has given it direct access to the Indian sub-continent. The Chinese authorities have attempted to confuse the issue by claiming that Tibet has always been a part of China. This is untrue. Tibet was a fully independent state when the People's Liberation Army invaded the country in 1949/50.
China's aggression, condemned by virtually all nations of the free world, was a flagrant violation of international law. As China's military occupation of Tibet continues, the world should remember that though Tibetans have lost their freedom, under international law Tibet today is still an independent state under illegal occupation.
http://dalailama.com/messages/tibet/five-point-peace-plan
The Middle-Way Approach is proposed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to peacefully resolve the issue of Tibet and to bring about stability and co-existence between the Tibetan and Chinese peoples based on equality and mutual co-operation.
Special Characteristics of the Middle-Way Approach
Considering the fact that the unity and co-existence between the Tibetan and Chinese peoples is more important than the political requirements of the Tibetan people, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has pursued a mutually-beneficial Middle-Way policy, which is a great political step forward. Irrespective of population size, economy or military strength, the equality of nationalities means that all nationalities can co-exist on an equal footing, without any discrimination based on one nationality being superior or better than the other. As such, it is an indispensable criterion for ensuring unity among the nationalities. If the Tibetan and Chinese peoples can co-exist on an equal footing, this will serve as the basis for guaranteeing the unity of nationalities, social stability and territorial integrity of the People's Republic of China, which are of paramount importance to China. Therefore, the special characteristic of the Middle-Way Approach is that it can achieve peace through non-violence, mutual benefit, unity of nationalities and social stability.
http://dalailama.com/messages/middle-way-approach
Any issue, including political, economic and religious activities human beings pursue in this world, should be fully understood before we pass our judgement. Therefore, it is very important to know the causes. Whatever the issue, we should be able to see the complete picture. This will enable us to comprehend the whole story. Excerpts from His Holiness the Dalai Lama's address to the inter-faith seminar organised by the International Association for Religious Freedom, Ladakh Group, in Leh on 25 August.
http://dalailama.com/messages/religious-harmony
I strongly believe that we must consciously develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. We must learn to work not just for our own individual self, family or nation, but for the benefit of all mankind. Universal responsibility is the best foundation both for our personal happiness and for world peace, the equitable use of our natural resources, and, through a concern for future generations, the proper care for the environment.
Many of the world´s problems and conflicts arise because we have lost sight of the basic humanity that binds us all together as a human family. We tend to forget that despite the diversity of race, religion, culture, language, ideology and so forth, people are equal in their basic desire for peace and happiness: we all want happiness and do not want suffering. We strive to fulfill these desires as best we can. However, as much as we praise diversity in theory, unfortunately often we fail to respect it in practice. In fact, our inability to embrace diversity becomes a major source of conflict among peoples.
I remain convinced that most human conflicts can be solved through genuine dialogue conducted with a spirit of openness and reconciliation. I have therefore consistently sought a resolution of the issue of Tibet through non-violence and dialogue. Right from the beginning of the invasion of Tibet, I tried to work with the Chinese authorities to arrive at a mutually acceptable, peaceful co-existence. Even when the so-called Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet was forced upon us I tried to work with the Chinese authorities. After all, by that agreement the Chinese government recognized the distinctiveness and the autonomy of Tibet and pledged not to impose their system on Tibet against our wishes. However, in breach of this agreement, the Chinese authorities forced upon Tibetans their rigid and alien ideology and showed scant respect for the unique culture, religion and way of life of the Tibetan people. In desperation the Tibetan people rose up against the Chinese. In the end in 1959 I had to escape from Tibet so that I could continue to serve the people of Tibet. http://dalailama.com/messages/tibet/strasbourg-speech-2001
As most of you are aware, beginning with the 10th of March this year, a series of demonstrations have taken place in Lhasa and across many Tibetan areas. These are caused by deep Tibetan resentment against the policies of the Chinese government. I have been deeply saddened by the loss of life, both Chinese and Tibetans, and immediately appealed to both the Chinese authorities and the Tibetans for restraint. I specially appealed to the Tibetans not to resort to violence.
Unfortunately, the Chinese authorities have resorted to brutal methods to deal with the development despite appeals for restraint by many world leaders, NGOs and noted world citizens, particularly many Chinese scholars. In the process, there has been loss of life, injuries to many, and the detention of large number of Tibetans. The crackdown still continues, especially targeting monastic institutions, which have traditionally been the repository of ancient Buddhist knowledge and tradition. Many of these have been sealed off. We have reports that many of those detained are beaten and treated harshly. These repressive measures seem to be part of an officially sanctioned systematic policy.
With no international observers, journalists or even tourists allowed to Tibet, I am deeply worried about the fate of the Tibetans. Many of those injured in the crackdown, especially in the remote areas, are too terrified to seek medical treatment for fear of arrest. According to some reliable sources, people are fleeing to the mountains where they have no access to food and shelter. Those who remained behind are living in a constant state of fear of being the next to be arrested.
I am deeply pained by this ongoing suffering. I am very worried where all these tragic developments might lead to ultimately. I do not believe that repressive measures can achieve any long-term solution. The best way forward is to resolve the issues between the Tibetans and the Chinese leadership through dialogue, as I have been advocating for a long time. I have repeatedly assured the leadership of the People's Republic of China that I am not seeking independence. What I am seeking is a meaningful autonomy for the Tibetan people that would ensure the long-term survival of our Buddhist culture, our language and our distinct identity as a people. The rich Tibetan Buddhist culture is part of the larger cultural heritage of the People's Republic of China and has the potential to benefit our Chinese brothers and sisters.
In the light of the present crisis, I appeal to all of you to help call for an immediate end to the ongoing brutal crackdown, for the release of all who have been detained, and to call for providing immediate medical care to the injured.
The Dalai Lama
Hamilton, NY
April 24, 2008
Our planet is blessed with vast natural treasures. If we use them properly, beginning with elimination of militarism and war, truly, every human being will be able to live a wealthy, well-cared-for life.
Naturally, global peace cannot occur all at once. Since conditions around the world are varied, its spread will have to be incremental. But there is no reason why it cannot begin in one region and then spread gradually from one continent to another.
I would like to propose that regional communities like the European Community be established as an integral part of the more peaceful world we are trying to create. Looking at the post Cold War environment objectively, such communities are plainly the most natural and desirable components of a new world order. As we can see, the almost gravitational pull of our growing interdependence necessitates new, more cooperative structures. The European Community is pioneering the way in this endeavor, negotiating the delicate balance between economic, military and political collectively on the one hand and the sovereign rights of member states on the other. I am greatly inspired by this work. I also believe that the new Commonwealth of Independent Sates is grappling with similar issues and that the seeds of such a community are already present in the minds of many of its constituent republics. In this context, I would briefly like to talk about the future of my own country, Tibet, and China.
Like the former Soviet Union, Communist China is a multinational state, artificially constructed under the impetus of an expansionist ideology and up to now administered by force in colonial fashion. A peaceful, prosperous and above all politically stable future for china lies in its successfully fulfilling not only its own people's wishes for a more open, democratic system, but also of its eighty million so-called "national minorities", who want to regain their freedom. For real happiness to return to the heart of Asia - home to one-fifth of the human race - a pluralistic, democratic, mutually cooperative community of sovereign states must replace what is currently called the People's Republic of China.
Of course, such a community need not be limited to those presently under Chinese Communist Domination, such as Tibetans, Mongols, and Uighurs. The people of Hong Kong, those seeking an independent Taiwan, and even those suffering under other communist governments in North Korea, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia might also be interested in building an Asian Community. However, it is especially urgent that those ruled by the Chinese Communist consider doing so. Properly pursued, it could help save China from violent dissolution; regionalism and a return to the chaotic turmoil that has so afflicted this great nation throughout the twentieth century. Currently china's political life is so polarized that there is every reason to fear an early recurrence of bloodshed and tragedy. Each of us- every member of the world community - has a moral responsibility to help avert the immense suffering that civil strife would bring to China's vast population.
I believe that the very process of dialogue, modernization and compromise involved in building a community of Asian states would itself give real hope of peaceful evolution to a new order in China. From the very start, the member states of such a community might agree to decide its defense and international relations policies together. There would be many opportunities for cooperation. The critical point is that we find a peaceful, nonviolent way for the forces of freedom, democracy and moderation to emerge successfully from the current atmosphere of unjust repression.
http://dalailama.com/messages/world-peace/disarmament
There are people with destructive intentions in every society, and the temptation to gain command over an organisation capable of fulfilling their desires can become overwhelming. But no matter how malevolent or evil are the many murderous dictators who can currently oppress their nations and cause international problems, it is obvious that they cannot harm others or destroy countless human lives if they don't have a military organisation accepted and condoned by society. As long as there are powerful armies there will always be danger of dictatorship. If we really believe dictatorship to be a despicable and destructive form of government, then we must recognize that the existence of a powerful military establishment is one of its main causes.
Militarism is also very expensive. Pursuing peace through military strength places a tremendously wasteful burden on society. Governments spend vast sums on increasingly intricate weapons when, in fact, nobody really wants to use them. Not only money but also valuable energy and human intelligence are squandered, while all that increases is fear.
I want to make it clear, however, that although I am deeply opposed to war, I am not advocating appeasement. It is often necessary to take a strong stand to counter unjust aggression. For instance, it is plain to all of us that the Second World War was entirely justified. It "saved civilization" from the tyranny of Nazi Germany, as Winston Churchill so aptly put it. In my view, the Korean War was also just, since it gave South Korea the chance of gradually developing democracy. But we can only judge whether or not a conflict was vindicated on moral grounds with hindsight. For example, we can now see that during the Cold War, the principle of nuclear deterrence had a certain value. Nevertheless, it is very difficult to assess al such matters with any degree of accuracy. War is violence and violence is unpredictable. Therefore, it is better to avoid it if possible, and never to presume that we know beforehand whether the outcome of a particular war will be beneficial or not.
http://dalailama.com/messages/world-peace/the-reality-of-war
All Citizens in the World:
It is high time for each of us to examine ourselves to see how GREED has lured us and our interest groups into the common Death Trap set up for all humanity and human civilizations.
Sources:
http://dalailama.com/messages/middle-way-approach
http://dalailama.com/messages/religious-harmony
http://dalailama.com/messages/tibet/five-point-peace-plan
http://dalailama.com/messages/tibet/strasbourg-proposal-1988
http://dalailama.com/messages/tibet/strasbourg-speech-2001
http://dalailama.com/messages/tibet/appeal-to-the-chinese-people
http://dalailama.com/messages/world-peace/disarmament
http://dalailama.com/messages/world-peace/the-reality-of-war
Friday, July 15, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Greed and Globalization --Part IV
From Chapter 11 which is about China's space exploration program, we learn that in 2010 alone China launched 15 orbital payloads (p. 152). There are three motivating factors of such an aggressive program: 1. the development of new technologies that accompany space exploration; 2. the future extraction and transport of key energy sources and raw material resources from space; 3. a Darwinian escape or safety valve for an overpopulated and rapidly warming planet.
More alarming is what Senior Colonel Yao Yunzhu from People's Liberation Army Academy of Military Sciences said, "Outer space is going to be weaponized in our lifetime." China is building a massive infrastructure space assets: a growing fleet of huge space tracking ships, new spaceports and ground stations, dozens of new communication, relay and surveillance satellites, and an extremely expensive Global Positioning System (Beidou) (p. 163). Remember that China's Shenzhou missions are close to the International Space Station (45 kilometers). But to see the complete picture we must take into consideration Colonel Jia Junming's internal advice: "Our future space weapons program should be low profile and 'intense internally' but relaxed in external appearance to maintain our good international image and position."(p. 168)
Chapter 12 points out the environmental destruction caused by China to our planet: air pollution (pp. 173-175), water pollution (pp. 176-178), soil toxicity (pp. 178-181), global warming... a Death sentence to China itself and the whole world.
Chapter 13 traces down the roots of all the aforementioned evils: Death by Chinese Pogrom: China's communism, totalitarianism, the ruling Chinese Communist Party, China of today is created from the legacies of both Mao and Deng, and their police state.
The discussion about Death by China on China continues in Chapter 14. It reveals how China has been oppressing indigenous cultures, suppressing religious freedom, human dignities, and slave labor, typically in Tibet, Inner Mogolia, and Xinjiang.
Chapter 15 mentions six major players in the China Apologist Coalition:
1. the democratize and tame the Dragon liberals,
2. the damn the mercantilist torpedo,free trade ahead at any cost conservatives,
3. the Wall Street bankers expat spin doctors,
4. the Washington power elite appeasers,
5. the world is flat globalization gurus,
6. the panda-pandering think tanks
While the success of the Chinese people in other, more democratic societies is the result of pride, a strong work ethic, and a great respect for education, the Communist Party in China has used propaganda to make its citizens, especially the middle class, buy into the idea that its "inspired leadership" and totalitarianism are desirable to keep China's economy miracle growing (pp. 217-218).
What about US leaders and politicians? Both Bush and Obama failed to see the connection between America's economic malaise and China's weapon of job destruction, did not understand the intricacies of global macroeconomics, and believe that China's peaceful rise is good for America (p. 224). Both Treasury Secretaries, Hank Paulson and Timothy Geithner failed to brand China a currency manipulator. Wall Street insiders cannot bite the Beijing hand that has fed them so well. A typical example: Paulson's Goldman Sachs (p.225).
Chapter 16 provides us a survival guide and an action plan.
1. Change our attitude. Do not buy Chinese products. Avoid death by China. "Cheap" isn't always the cheapest. (p. 235)
2. Read the label carefully. Look for the country of origin. Avoid "Made in China." (p.235).
3. Tighten the law on labeling the country of origin. Federal law must require all online retailers display information about the country of origin on the labels of all the products they sell. (p. 236)
4. Tighten the law on labeling the country of origin of the ingredients (p. 236).
5. Let your retailer know your attitude: I want China-free goods (p. 237).
6. Be ware of big-ticket items (such as cars) that bear China's foreign brand names (p. 238).
7. Tougher laws that assign blames on wholesalers and retailers which sell China's harmful products in America.
Disarming China's Weapon of Job Destruction:
1. Congress must pass the American Free and Fair Trade Act
2. Global Cooperation and Corporation --the Watchword
3. Send a secret emissary to Beijing to brand China currency manipulation.
4. Recognizing the real corporate risks of Chinese offshoring (intellectual property thefts, pollution, military threats...)
5. Fight back China's mercantilism and protectionism like Nucor Steel Dan DiMicco
6. Stop Chinese forced technology transfer and their hijacking of US Research & Development
7. Stop Chinese censorship as a non-tariff trade barrier
8. Prohibit Chinese state-owned enterprises to buy US private firms
9. America needs a president with both brains and a backbone
(p. 245)
Drawing a Hard Line on Chinese Espionage and Cyberwarfare: (p. 246) beef up Chinese counterintelligence efforts; aggressively prosecute and penalize China's spies; increase scrutiny of Chinese visitors and visas;declare cyberattacks to be acts of wars and respond accordingly; develop a "China kill switch" for the Internet; call Beijing out for its reckless espionage and theft.
Confronting and Countering the Rising China's military threat:(p. 250)
we can't overwhelm China with our industrial might;can't be lured into an arms race and the "Reagan trap";honestly assess our vulnerabilities;disarm China's weapon of job destruction to prevent China's military buildup.
Countering the Colonial Dragon: (p. 152)stop China's UN veto abuses now; rebuild our diplomatic missions with a counter-China focus; get American message out to the world; teach Mandarine in high schools.
Stopping Death on China by China: (p. 255)human rights;divest not invest; restrict exports of Internet censorship tools.
Meeting the China Space Challenge: (p. 257)turn the government's space monopoly to real private industry; promote STEM education; claim the moon before China does.
Sources:
Death by China
Available at:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B23GcuCxvQVBNjhjNGE4NjctZGZmNy00YTNmLWFlYmUtZjY3OTc3OThhNjU4&hl=en_US&authkey=CIuC07sC
Video with Author Greg Autry
http://deathbychina.com/introvideo.html
URL of Intro
http://deathbychina.com/
Baiqiao Tang’s Blog
http://www.deathbychina.com/blog/?p=92
More alarming is what Senior Colonel Yao Yunzhu from People's Liberation Army Academy of Military Sciences said, "Outer space is going to be weaponized in our lifetime." China is building a massive infrastructure space assets: a growing fleet of huge space tracking ships, new spaceports and ground stations, dozens of new communication, relay and surveillance satellites, and an extremely expensive Global Positioning System (Beidou) (p. 163). Remember that China's Shenzhou missions are close to the International Space Station (45 kilometers). But to see the complete picture we must take into consideration Colonel Jia Junming's internal advice: "Our future space weapons program should be low profile and 'intense internally' but relaxed in external appearance to maintain our good international image and position."(p. 168)
Chapter 12 points out the environmental destruction caused by China to our planet: air pollution (pp. 173-175), water pollution (pp. 176-178), soil toxicity (pp. 178-181), global warming... a Death sentence to China itself and the whole world.
Chapter 13 traces down the roots of all the aforementioned evils: Death by Chinese Pogrom: China's communism, totalitarianism, the ruling Chinese Communist Party, China of today is created from the legacies of both Mao and Deng, and their police state.
The discussion about Death by China on China continues in Chapter 14. It reveals how China has been oppressing indigenous cultures, suppressing religious freedom, human dignities, and slave labor, typically in Tibet, Inner Mogolia, and Xinjiang.
Chapter 15 mentions six major players in the China Apologist Coalition:
1. the democratize and tame the Dragon liberals,
2. the damn the mercantilist torpedo,free trade ahead at any cost conservatives,
3. the Wall Street bankers expat spin doctors,
4. the Washington power elite appeasers,
5. the world is flat globalization gurus,
6. the panda-pandering think tanks
While the success of the Chinese people in other, more democratic societies is the result of pride, a strong work ethic, and a great respect for education, the Communist Party in China has used propaganda to make its citizens, especially the middle class, buy into the idea that its "inspired leadership" and totalitarianism are desirable to keep China's economy miracle growing (pp. 217-218).
What about US leaders and politicians? Both Bush and Obama failed to see the connection between America's economic malaise and China's weapon of job destruction, did not understand the intricacies of global macroeconomics, and believe that China's peaceful rise is good for America (p. 224). Both Treasury Secretaries, Hank Paulson and Timothy Geithner failed to brand China a currency manipulator. Wall Street insiders cannot bite the Beijing hand that has fed them so well. A typical example: Paulson's Goldman Sachs (p.225).
Chapter 16 provides us a survival guide and an action plan.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.Theodore Roosevelt (p.234)
1. Change our attitude. Do not buy Chinese products. Avoid death by China. "Cheap" isn't always the cheapest. (p. 235)
2. Read the label carefully. Look for the country of origin. Avoid "Made in China." (p.235).
3. Tighten the law on labeling the country of origin. Federal law must require all online retailers display information about the country of origin on the labels of all the products they sell. (p. 236)
4. Tighten the law on labeling the country of origin of the ingredients (p. 236).
5. Let your retailer know your attitude: I want China-free goods (p. 237).
6. Be ware of big-ticket items (such as cars) that bear China's foreign brand names (p. 238).
7. Tougher laws that assign blames on wholesalers and retailers which sell China's harmful products in America.
Disarming China's Weapon of Job Destruction:
1. Congress must pass the American Free and Fair Trade Act
2. Global Cooperation and Corporation --the Watchword
3. Send a secret emissary to Beijing to brand China currency manipulation.
4. Recognizing the real corporate risks of Chinese offshoring (intellectual property thefts, pollution, military threats...)
5. Fight back China's mercantilism and protectionism like Nucor Steel Dan DiMicco
6. Stop Chinese forced technology transfer and their hijacking of US Research & Development
7. Stop Chinese censorship as a non-tariff trade barrier
8. Prohibit Chinese state-owned enterprises to buy US private firms
9. America needs a president with both brains and a backbone
(p. 245)
Drawing a Hard Line on Chinese Espionage and Cyberwarfare: (p. 246) beef up Chinese counterintelligence efforts; aggressively prosecute and penalize China's spies; increase scrutiny of Chinese visitors and visas;declare cyberattacks to be acts of wars and respond accordingly; develop a "China kill switch" for the Internet; call Beijing out for its reckless espionage and theft.
Confronting and Countering the Rising China's military threat:(p. 250)
we can't overwhelm China with our industrial might;can't be lured into an arms race and the "Reagan trap";honestly assess our vulnerabilities;disarm China's weapon of job destruction to prevent China's military buildup.
Countering the Colonial Dragon: (p. 152)stop China's UN veto abuses now; rebuild our diplomatic missions with a counter-China focus; get American message out to the world; teach Mandarine in high schools.
Stopping Death on China by China: (p. 255)human rights;divest not invest; restrict exports of Internet censorship tools.
Meeting the China Space Challenge: (p. 257)turn the government's space monopoly to real private industry; promote STEM education; claim the moon before China does.
Sources:
Death by China
Available at:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B23GcuCxvQVBNjhjNGE4NjctZGZmNy00YTNmLWFlYmUtZjY3OTc3OThhNjU4&hl=en_US&authkey=CIuC07sC
Video with Author Greg Autry
http://deathbychina.com/introvideo.html
URL of Intro
http://deathbychina.com/
Baiqiao Tang’s Blog
http://www.deathbychina.com/blog/?p=92
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Greed and Globalization --Part III
In Chapter 6 we learn that during the first off shoring wave when Chinese plantation rose, laborers were modern-day slaves, earning 40 cents per hour. In the second wave, the primary goal of American executives was to produce for export to the world, and back to America. They were lured by China's unfair trade practices, lax environmental and safety regimes, and subsidized export trade.
The three protectionist conditions and China's "Indigenous Innovation" are:
1. The American company loses control of the enterprise when granting Chinese minority partnership (the power to get access to any or all of the information about the venture, including trade secrets) (p. 81).
2. Forced technology transfer: American companies must surrender their intellectual property to their Chinese partners as a condition of market entry.
3. Forced export of Western research and development facilities to China
(lessons from Evergreen Solar, General Electricity as typical examples)
Using its economic power, China has digested others' intellectual property, and has gradually transformed itself from the factory of the world to an advanced economy.
Chapter 7 discusses how China has built up its colonies across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, locked down the world's major natural resources, locked up new markets, and exported Chinese citizens to its satellite states (p. 98). In Peru Chinese colonialists bought Mt. Toromacho, a copper treasure, for $3 billion in order to make a profit of 2,000% from this investment. In the mean time, Peruvians living on the mountain continue to suffer from hunger, illiteracy and poverty (pp. 94-95). China follows amoral foreign policies, offering repressive regimes (in Sudan, Liberia, Nigeria, for instance)access to anything they want(p. 104).
Even Australia, South Africa and Brazil are running large trade deficits with China and succumb to its checkbook (pp. 105-107).
Chapter 8 (Death by Blue Water Navy) explains why the fact that China's Military Power Rises Should Raise Red Flags (pp. 111-126). It reveals how China has impressively been developing its army, air force and navy capabilities.
China's two-step military preparation to defeat the US power: 1. pirating in order to develop credible weapons systems, 2. building them in sufficient quantities to overwhelm its opponent's technologically superior forces (p. 126).
Chapters 9 and 10 discuss the threat of China's growing modern espionage and asymmetric warfare. In Sun Tzu's words, "One spy is worth 10,000 soldiers."(p. 131). Recently,Li Fengzhi has said, "Spying is war without the fire."
He was an analyst for China's Ministry of State Security who slipped quietly into the US as a graduate student at the University of Denver in 2003, pursuing a Ph.D in international politics. He later chose to defect to the USA (p. 130).
China's spy network seeks to acquire new technologies, trade secrets and processes, vacuuming bits of information from research facilities, sensitive national laboratories, Silicon Valley start-ups, and defense-related companies (p.131).
China's cyber espionage and virtual spymasters are now using a variety of digital honeypots to hijack data. Thus, Chinese computer hackers pose a greater threat. Major goals of cyber espionage are:
1. disrupting the operations of Western systems by vandalizing websites, and overwhelming the servers with a "denial of service" attack;
2. stealing valuable information;
3. corrupting data, causing significant downstream damage; and
4. taking control of system that control physical assets.
China's cyber spies lure their social networking friends into visiting photo-sharing sites. Once hooked by this bait, the American firm employees' computers were infected with a viral code which forwarded their user names and passwords to the hackers, allowing them to get access to valuable corporate data.
China's DNS (Domain Name Services/ the phonebook of the Internet)manipulation projects its censorship beyond its borders. Incomplete DNS data is used to block Internet users to get access to Websites the Communist party has unfriended (p. 145). China's censorship is increasing as China tries to claim more administrative authority on the Internet.
(To be continued)
Sources:
Death by China
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Video with Author Greg Autry
http://deathbychina.com/introvideo.html
URL of Intro
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Baiqiao Tang’s Blog
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The three protectionist conditions and China's "Indigenous Innovation" are:
1. The American company loses control of the enterprise when granting Chinese minority partnership (the power to get access to any or all of the information about the venture, including trade secrets) (p. 81).
2. Forced technology transfer: American companies must surrender their intellectual property to their Chinese partners as a condition of market entry.
3. Forced export of Western research and development facilities to China
(lessons from Evergreen Solar, General Electricity as typical examples)
Using its economic power, China has digested others' intellectual property, and has gradually transformed itself from the factory of the world to an advanced economy.
Chapter 7 discusses how China has built up its colonies across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, locked down the world's major natural resources, locked up new markets, and exported Chinese citizens to its satellite states (p. 98). In Peru Chinese colonialists bought Mt. Toromacho, a copper treasure, for $3 billion in order to make a profit of 2,000% from this investment. In the mean time, Peruvians living on the mountain continue to suffer from hunger, illiteracy and poverty (pp. 94-95). China follows amoral foreign policies, offering repressive regimes (in Sudan, Liberia, Nigeria, for instance)access to anything they want(p. 104).
Even Australia, South Africa and Brazil are running large trade deficits with China and succumb to its checkbook (pp. 105-107).
Chapter 8 (Death by Blue Water Navy) explains why the fact that China's Military Power Rises Should Raise Red Flags (pp. 111-126). It reveals how China has impressively been developing its army, air force and navy capabilities.
Chinese military's future goal is to secure naval supremacy in the western Pacific waters inside the second line of defense from the Japanese archipelago to Guam Islands and Indonesia. After that Chinese military will vie with US naval forces in the Indian Ocean and in the entire Pacific regionAmerica's growing military problem today is that the biggest auto plants are now no longer in Detroit, but in Chendu, Jilin, Nanjing, Wuhu; the busiest shipyards are in Bohai, Dalian, Fujian, Jiangan; and Chinese mills and smokestacks now churn out ten times more tonnage a year than the American steelmakers in Chongqing, Hebei, Shanghai, and Tianjin(p. 125).
Asahi Shimbun (p. 118)
China's two-step military preparation to defeat the US power: 1. pirating in order to develop credible weapons systems, 2. building them in sufficient quantities to overwhelm its opponent's technologically superior forces (p. 126).
Chapters 9 and 10 discuss the threat of China's growing modern espionage and asymmetric warfare. In Sun Tzu's words, "One spy is worth 10,000 soldiers."(p. 131). Recently,Li Fengzhi has said, "Spying is war without the fire."
He was an analyst for China's Ministry of State Security who slipped quietly into the US as a graduate student at the University of Denver in 2003, pursuing a Ph.D in international politics. He later chose to defect to the USA (p. 130).
China's spy network seeks to acquire new technologies, trade secrets and processes, vacuuming bits of information from research facilities, sensitive national laboratories, Silicon Valley start-ups, and defense-related companies (p.131).
China's cyber espionage and virtual spymasters are now using a variety of digital honeypots to hijack data. Thus, Chinese computer hackers pose a greater threat. Major goals of cyber espionage are:
1. disrupting the operations of Western systems by vandalizing websites, and overwhelming the servers with a "denial of service" attack;
2. stealing valuable information;
3. corrupting data, causing significant downstream damage; and
4. taking control of system that control physical assets.
China's cyber spies lure their social networking friends into visiting photo-sharing sites. Once hooked by this bait, the American firm employees' computers were infected with a viral code which forwarded their user names and passwords to the hackers, allowing them to get access to valuable corporate data.
China's DNS (Domain Name Services/ the phonebook of the Internet)manipulation projects its censorship beyond its borders. Incomplete DNS data is used to block Internet users to get access to Websites the Communist party has unfriended (p. 145). China's censorship is increasing as China tries to claim more administrative authority on the Internet.
(To be continued)
Sources:
Death by China
Available at:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B23GcuCxvQVBNjhjNGE4NjctZGZmNy00YTNmLWFlYmUtZjY3OTc3OThhNjU4&hl=en_US&authkey=CIuC07sC
Video with Author Greg Autry
http://deathbychina.com/introvideo.html
URL of Intro
http://deathbychina.com/
Baiqiao Tang’s Blog
http://www.deathbychina.com/blog/?p=92
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