China’s been stealing and defrauding way before Obama came into office.
But their strategic opportunities have never been greater since Barrack came in... They sense, nay, they know, they can now get away with just about anything.
The Department of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke was a paid lobbyist and operative of Chinese (government-owned) companies just prior to taking the job in the Obama cabinet. And since 2008, China's progress towards world currency domination, and holding the US by the gonads via economic power (AKA blackmail) has been undiminished.