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It’s Time To Acknowledge The Truth About China

The Chinese nation, using techniques other than open warfare, has long worked to turn the U.S. into a vassal state.

Allan J. Feifer | March 26, 2026

In a world filled with challenges, threats, and dire enemies, it’s easy to lump them all into a single bucket labeled “future priorities.” Unfortunately, the reality is that we’ve been kicking far too many of those “future priorities” down the road, likely leaving America to face several nightmare scenarios at once.

President Donald Trump is not the first president to understand the threats we face, but he is the first in a very long time to decide to do something about them and no longer defer action. Delays will only make matters worse, and the American people are unlikely to be supportive after generations of getting by while letting major issues fester.

A list of our challenges is daunting:

Growing numbers of Americans believe socialism is superior to capitalism, and that almost everything can be obtained without effort

Millions of unassimilated immigrants threaten to derail what used to be understood to be standard and essential American mores.

China has co-opted our manufacturing sector, often using theft, massive government subsidies, and slave labor

Radical Islam abroad and, increasingly, at home.

The rise of expansionist countries that seek to end America’s preeminent status, a status that has elevated the standard of living across the globe.

No threat, not even that of Russia, which has designs on Europe, is as great as the one China presents. China, with its vast natural resources, giant population, and disciplined, ruthless government that thinks in terms of centuries, not quarters, has identified our various soft spots and intends to confront us and ultimately dominate us at every level and opportunity. China is willing to incur massive losses, spend whatever it takes, and take........

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