[The Duke]

It was loss of an industrial base that destroyed Japan's
economy, and which is presently destroying ours.

[Willie Green]

It was loss of an industrial base that destroyed Japan's economy,
and which is presently destroying ours.

Fundamentally, we believe that the U.S. government needs to devote more resources and put in place new programs to build wider expertise about China and to protect our industrial base from eroding as a result of our economic relations with China.

-- C. Richard D’Amato, chairman
U.S.-China Security Review Commission
(How to improve U.S.-China relations)