In a disgusting display of appalling hypocrisy, the US Congress is beating up US high-tech firms for complying (perhaps even coöperating) with the Chinese government in its attempt to gain all the advantages of modern technology without granting its people any of the concomitant freedom. Any of Washington’s Congressthings—or any who voted to give China Most Favored Nation (I of course mean "Normal") trading status—who climb on this bandwagon deserve some serious Lady MacBeth-grade bad dreams.
Partial disclosure: I am not entirely clean on this issue; I worked for several years at a large aerospace company in Washington, and while that company’s lobbying on behalf of China always irritated me, it was no more than a tertiary reason for my leaving.