Howard Phillips on China

China’s control of the Panama Canal is a major threat

If Communist China continues to build its influence in Panama, not only will that impose a long-term military threat to US interests, it will also lead to a quick shift in recognition by Panama, which now recognizes Taiwan, and which will instead recognize Beijing. The loss of recognition by Panama would be destabilizing to Taiwan’s position around the world. So, Panama is very closely linked to the independence of Taiwan. Red China knows this and they have been making Panama a prime target. Source: Interview on Foreign Policy and American Independence Jun 25, 2000

Permanent NTR is unconstitutional

The WTO agreement negotiated by Barshefsky requires Congress to abdicate its constitutional authority, by granting the PRC permanent ‘normal trading relations’ status and thus guaranteeing that Congress will not impose economic sanctions on the Chinese government in the future to protest China’s notorious violations of internationally recognized standards of human rights, or its dangerous exports of ballistic missiles and nuclear-weapons technologies to states such as Iran, Iraq or Sudan. Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution states this unequivocally: ‘The Congress shall have Power...To regulate Commerce with foreign nations? Source: Issues & Strategy Bulletin of “The Conservative Caucus” Jan 15, 2000

China has bought support in Congress

Who can doubt that Red China has purchased the policies of the Clinton administration, and influenced the pro-Red China decisions of many members of Congress - Republican and Democrat alike - whose contributors profit at the expense of our national interest from special business arrangements with the totalitarian regime in Beijing. Source: Campaign 2000 Presidential Nominee Acceptance Speech Sep 4, 1999

MFN for China is a gift to the People’s Liberation Army

Since 1994, we have seen Bill Clinton and Al Gore at the White House and Newt Gingrich and Trent Lott on Capitol Hill support the repeated enactment of Most-Favored-Nation status for Communist China, despite the increasing military threat which Beijing poses to the United States, a threat buttressed by this $60 billion annual MFN gift to the People’s Liberation Army. Now, Congress has also voted to extend MFN to the Communist government of Vietnam. Source: Remarks to the 1998 National Convention of Concerned Women Sep 24, 1998

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