[weikel]

I read in the paper a few years ago that a man was executed in China for stealing a toaster, and a farmer was executed because he grew a crop other than what the government wanted him to grow.

Protectionist lobby propaganda. China has changed a lot since Mao. China is a lot more business friendly and free market oriented then anywhere in the Western hemisphere with the possible exception of Switzerland.

[Cap'n Crunch]

I do not believe China is our ally, they may be getting better but they have a long way to go. I can't understand why we gave them the technology that they can now use to destroy us. And have possibly shared that technology with North Korea.

I know that Catholics in that country are being imprisoned, tortured and executed.

[HighRoadToChina]

"China is a lot more business friendly and free market oriented then anywhere in the Western hemisphere with the possible exception of Switzerland."

You forgot to mention about the millions in Laogai slave labor concentration camps, making those wonderful fake flowers, rosaries, etc. for the good old Wal-Marts and K-marts of the world. And the rest that get paid $.12 per hour.

Free Trade =/= Slave Labor