For this reason, many religious and human rights leaders were split on this issue. For example, Billy Graham and the Dalai Lama supported the resolution, but James Dobson was against it. In short, for every complaint, there was also a compliment for what has been done in recent years. Therefore, there are valid points from each perspective on the human rights issue. But the benefits of trade should not override the genuine concerns expressed about China s activities that undermine regional stability and threaten US national security.
China is a communist country that has the largest standing army in the world.
They have missiles pointed at the United States and at Taiwan. The Chinese government has made statements to the effect that if Taiwan does not agree with reunification, the Chinese Army will invade our pro-democratic ally. China had a long and complicated spy operation in our Los Alamos labs where they stole, among other things, our W88 Nuclear Warhead secrets. They also illegally spent over three million dollars to influence the 1996 Presidential Election, and both classified and unclassified CIA reports are filled with cases of Chinese political and technological espionage. Most businesses in China, even U.S. company sites, are owned at least in part by the government itself, so much of the economic gain goes right into Communist and Chinese army coffers.