[inquest]

In my younger days, I was employed in security by a company building Army ordinance. I went through a background check by the company and the U.S. government even though the U.S. government didn't own the plant.

Nonetheless, would you have considered it appropriate if the plant was owned by Communist China, even if everyone who went back and forth to it had to get a security check?

And if it really doesn't matter, then why do these transactions (like the takeover of operations of those ports by Dubai) get subjected to any government scrutiny at all?

[Flifuss]

would you have considered it appropriate if the plant was owned by Communist China

I think Communist China already runs some of our ports.

The company I worked for built high tech products, so, I don't think the U.S. would have allowed China to own it. I think a company thats just loads and unloads cargo containers doesn't fall into that category.