Tôn trọng cựu thẩm phán liên bang đã được lựa chọn để điều tra sự việc và chấp nhận vị trí, nhưng điều tra không bao giờ được tài trợ. Có những báo cáo tiếp tục những nỗ lực của Trung Quốc để có được giấy phép xuất khẩu từ Mỹ tới Trung Quốc của các bộ phận của siêu máy tính, có lẽ là để được sử dụng tại một số điểm để nhắm mục tiêu tên lửa. | Geopolitical Aspirations of the Nations 199 campaign funds. A respected former federal judge was selected to investigate the matter and accepted the position but the investigation was never funded. There are continuing reports of Chinese efforts to obtain licenses for export from America to China of parts of supercomputers presumably to be used at some point for missile targeting. Meanwhile the Chinese are moving ahead rapidly in computer hardware manufacturing. Huawei s a Chinese created and owned router manufacturer for telecoms like Cisco rapid expansion has brought it plaudits from China s top leaders who are eager for the country to establish itself as a high-technology power and not just a factory floor for the world. 40 WILL CHINA BE AN ENEMY It would be a great tragedy if America and China stumbled into an armed conflict. Today the Chinese are at long last making significant economic progress and there is at least some greater degree of personal freedom than before. To see all this lost would be extremely unfortunate. At the start of this chapter we quoted Henry Kissinger to the point that China need not be America s enemy - that such a result is not foreordained. Then we discussed the trends in Chinese politics and economics and concluded that they point to a high likelihood of enmity between the two powers as Chinese strength grows. Now we turn to the issue of overt conflict - how might it occur Essentially the Chinese are likely to view America as strong but lacking the will to use force with a will to win if losses are imposed on America. They may consider us unlikely to use force to support an ally but willing to use force to support our economic interest. In this case their strategy at this stage is clear to acquiescence in trade agreements that embody America s major economic aims and to press us to hard choices in the geopolitical realm. The pressing has already started. Today in the Far East there is unceasing elbowing between China and the United
