Not as extraordinary as believing China was an ordinary nation that could be part of the technical supply chain that now turns out to contain spy chips. China is believed to have hacked the US govt classified OPM database.
Beijing was emboldened long ago.
Beijing was emboldened long ago.
After offshoring the tech supply chain to China and letting them seize the South China Sea islands the Interpol incident is a mere after dinner mint.
Russia, China and MENA are the true fatal flaws of the global world as currently designed. The optimistic system architecture dating from the end of the 20th century isn't working. The current trade war with Beijing is partly the result of this not just independent caprice.
China especially hastened the populist revolt. By taking manufacturing jobs it created a bloc of discontented Western voters. Having supplied the tinder all that was lacking was a match, which when it came was ignored by a political class preoccupied with gender issues.
Nothing in what China has done is out of character, it did what any reasonable person would expect Beijing to do. What is amazing is how a succession of administrations in Washington never thought they'd do it.
The entire CIA network in China was rolled up and executed during the Obama administration. It's a little late to be surprised, though perhaps Feinstein can be.
