The economic problems the U.S. has with China are most self created. It was obvious early on that when manufacturing jobs were outsourced to China that they copied and stole intellectual property. Yet, corporations kept outsourcing manufacturing to China, most so those on the boards of directors could, in the short term anyway, increase profits and make huge bonuses for themselves. They in effect sold out America's economy for a quick personal gain.

In Portland Oregon, I took the tour of the Chinese Gardens, and the tour guide talked about how a garden was planned out. They would carve stones and then dump them into a river for 200 years to finish shaping them, and then pull the stones out and p[lace them in the garden. The chinese plan in terms of hundreds of years, while in America most plans are concerned with the next quarter, and long term plans seldom extend beyond five year any more.

American greed and a demand for shot term results, has in effect shifted economic power form the U.S. to China. The problem being that as China surpasses the U.S., human rights will suffer, as the new world leader won't believe in human rights, as we in the U.S. envision them.

Congress has been busy and there's a certain "warning effect" for China in having such ammo against them.