America needs to get serious on the real threat that is silently hitting right now!A new report was release this week that touches on these topics. * China’s increasingly aggressive espionage efforts to obtain U.S. secrets and technology for the benefit of China’s military and its economy. * China’s stepped-up cyber espionage and cyber warfare capabilities that constitute a growing threat to U.S. computer networks. * China’s extensive use of foreign propaganda and China’s efforts to influence public opinion and policymaking in the United States. * China’s detailed industrial policy designed to attract foreign investment and production and to create “national champions� to compete on a global scale. * China’s use of subsidies and other trade-distorting measures in violation of its international commitments. * China’s role in the creation of the economic imbalances that that helped produce the global financial crisis. * The expansion and modernization of the Chinese navy and its effects on U.S. access to the waters around China and Taiwan and the likelihood of a maritime arms race. * The use of new and more sophisticated methods by Chinese authorities to control the Chinese news media and the Internet. * China’s activities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia. * Mainland China’s increasing influence in Taiwan and Hong Kong. * The effect of China’s policies on the economy of the upstate New York region.You can download or view it here. http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2009/09_annual_r ...People should seriously start raising their voices and start contacting our leaders so that we can put a stop to this mess!