Chinese umbrage over our air patrols has to be taken with a grain of salt, considering Beijing's tireless efforts to get its hands on sophisticated American technology and on our nuclear secrets, not to mention its funneling of illegal campaign contributions in an attempt to influence U.S. elections.

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That growth has brought with it a backlash in some industry sectors. (See our report on Chinese tourism: The good, the bad and the backlash).

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So as we work down our debts, the hope of the government has been that the Chinese could be persuaded to invest some of their vast surpluses in our infrastructure, in a way that would ease the pain of our economic slowdown and would yield a decent return to China over the long term.

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No. 2: Even if Sinovel is a Chinese enterprise, it can be sued within the United States if it has offices within our borders.

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