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There is a great deal of security concern over who is flying on foreign airliners bound for the United States. However, there seems to be little if any security concern over the ownership of foreign airlines. Victor Li, son of the famed Chinese billionaire Li Ka-shing, is poised to take control of Canada's flag airline, Air Canada, by plunking down more than a half billion dollars. Victor Li holds a dual Canadian-Chinese citizenship, which entitles him to buy as much as 31 percent of Air Canada and appoint five of Air Canada's board of directors. His offer has a great...

Chinese control of the Panama canal has fuelled wild speculation in the US as to Beijing's plans for this strategic piece of real estate. Though I am not party to Beijing's military intentions I do know that they do not include submarine bases or sabotage, both of which would be obviously self-defeating. On the contrary, the Chinese will, as former President Clinton inadvertently blurted out, bend "over backwards to make sure that they run it in a competent and able and fair manner." What matters, however, is not how the canal is managed but how Beijing will use the Hutchison...

There is one Iraqi weapon system with U.S.A. stamped on it; the NATO code-named Tiger Song air defense system. Much of Tiger Song is U.S. made fiber-optic network systems sold to China by the Clinton administration. The fiber-optic Tiger Song air defense network was installed in Iraq during the 1990s by China in violation of the U.N. ban on weapons sales to Baghdad. Tiger Song is a distributed network and it is similar to the Internet, allowing Iraqi mobile radars and missile units to link into the network from pre-positioned fiber optic sites. Ironically, the Bush administration has so far...

Mark B. Jimenez provided crucial testimony that led to the overthrow of a world leader. Jimenez fingered Philippine President Joseph Estrada in a series of bribery scandals that pointed directly toward Beijing and the Chinese Triad organized crime syndicates. In the end, the Philippine president could not withstand the allegations. He left the office in disgrace. Jimenez arrived Sunday in the United States, where he is rumored to be ready to testify against Bill Clinton. In 1999, Jiminez, a Miami businessman, was charged with 17 counts of making illegal contributions to then-President Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign. Jimenez is accused of...

Chinese Intelligence and Triads Team Up Against America In early 2000, six individuals, including a Chinese general, were indicted by a U.S. grand jury, convened in Detroit, for running an illegal smuggling operation. The indictment of Chinese Gen. Zhang (pronounced Fhang) Wei included as evidence videotape taken by a Canadian undercover operative who managed to penetrate the smuggling ring. (See: Inside the Dragon's Den.) Despite overwhelming evidence that the Chinese army was involved in the illegal smuggling operations, the Clinton administration quickly shut down the investigation and discouraged any release of information on the story. The tight lid on the...