I understand the iussue about it being their port. But, Hutchison Whampoa is closely affiliated with the PLA, and IMHO, is a front organization for them. Of course, in their communist government you could (and probably should) consider the same thing for almost any major commercial player.
I believe it is a mistake to give them any level of access to our sophisticated detection equipment. Armed with any significant data or information, they would be in a better position to defeat it at some point in the future.
Particularly given the Pentagons's assessment of China in its last annual report, this is not a good move at all. China should be treated in the same manner that Reagan treated the Societ Union. They are the evil empire of our day, and given their economic position, they have the potential of being a much greater threat, IMHO, than the Soviets were.
I agree with you 100%, Jeff.