I'd still like to better understand Nixon's role in all of this. He opened China - Why? The argument was always that China was a huge market for the US, but that has never been true - we've been their "market" (another word comes to mind...) ever since. In fact, from what I've seen of the history of China's involvement with the West, there's been very little of the Chinese market being available to the west.

Also, when did the Clintons get tied in with China? It was obvious during the '90s Bill and Hitlery were giving away our military and nuclear tech to China. But I now suspect that was the payoff for earlier favors, and not entirely a down payment for future favors.