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Those nice containers used in shipping also make it much easier to smuggle weapons as well. The Chicoms are getting a greater grip on strategic shipping lanes (see the newsmax links about China's ports on the Chicom Watch page). If you haven't read it yet, get a copy of Bill Gertz's book "The China Treat". Gertz goes into detail about China's new found infatuation with controlling shipping lanes (more imortantly, the Panama Canal). Whampoa etc. has been an effective tool in Beijing's hands.

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Actually, it's an 'infatuation' that has been going on for quite a while.

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"Those nice containers used in shipping also make it much easier to smuggle weapons as well."

(Black Jade, just wondering...yes or no...do you think it is possible for the Communist Chinese to smuggle weapons in containers...Confirm or Deny please.) (Happy Thanksgiving to you Jade - and All.)