[bert]

In my mind, COSCO and military invasion are apples and oranges.

Container ships require very specialized facilities to unload and seem not too be effective in an invasion. china has no military tradition off the Asian mainland.

To the contrary, COSCO is in my view a recognition that business is the answer, not the problem. Maoism is dead and something else is evolving in a complex mix of the Mainland, Taiwan, off shore Chineese in Maylasia, Singapore, the Philippines, and even the USA. The influence of Hong Kong is plainly seen on Shanghi. This burgenoning capitalist center is atttracting the folks from the hinderlands to jobs and opportunity.

It simply is not your father's China any more.

I do not know precisely how this evolution is occuring, but I view the change as positive rather than a threat. Poor people are more likely to invade and kill than prosperous ones.....I fear the unwashed zillions to our south much more than I fear China.

[bonesmccoy]

that is precisely the view the Communists want you to have.

The only thing missing from your analysis is that
1. Major Chinese companies are almost uniformly controlled by families involved in the central committees of the Communist party of China.
2. There is no freedom of speech in China
3. Your consumerism of Chinese products fuels the military expansion of China

While you may not view the Cosco container ships as a security hazard for the Port of Los Angeles, I do.

The reality is that those containerships are large enough to bring a concealed weapon of mass destruction to our own ports.

I never viewed a passenger jet in military terms until 9-11.

Based upon the comments on Fox News Channel in the last 24 hours, it is pretty obvious that major security loopholes exist in our ports.