Reply #20: Their seizure of US assets in China is not in question, it is inevitable.

[Greyhound]

It has been since the beginning, and has been repeatedly warned against for well over 20 years. Even Nixon knew enough to tread lightly, slowly, and to secure agreements on measurable progress with the Chinese before making the deal. It was one idiot neo-cons and corporatist Democrats, with their astonishing ignorance of China's culture and methods, that put us in this completely untenable position.

The percentage of China's exports to us is significantly greater than 20%, closer to 40% once upon closer examination, and the remaining 60+% is with countries far more sophisticated than the yahoo's that currently run our national policies, so they cannot afford to make the ultimate play quite yet.

However, you are right in the medium term. The window is closing on our opportunity to control/influence their actions. Given another 2 - 5 years of the completely insane policy begun by the Clinton administration and accelerated by the White House squatters that run our country now, and we will become inconsequential.