Their current ploy is to obtain US and western technology through trade agreements and providing cheap labor for the design and production of goods. Once they are ready they will declare all the factories and technology properties of the Chinese government. We will likely have the choice of going to war or losing all access to Asia. If we choose not to go to war it will likely come to us.
Man! Can you imagine if Hillary were pres. for all of this!
I think we've got to start thinking differently about China (or at least our "leaders" should). China is the big enemy - has been for a long time and STILL IS. I am sitting right next door to a young woman from Communist China who works on US Federal govt research grants. Now, she is a nice young lady and not doing anything wrong, and I know her papers are in order, etc....however - THIS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. My landlord is also from Communist China. I wonder how many of them we have over here, including the legal ones. When you combine the effects of our outsourcing so many industries to countries like China - incredibly, incredibly short-sighted move for this country, along with giving or selling technology to them, and allowing their nationals apparently fairly unlimited access to living and working in this country - I don't see how we could beat them if it came down to it. Our policies have been incredibly foolish and based on getting money instead of what is best for this country.