I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but what if...
Any smart enemy looks for the weaknesses of its foes to exploit. And if those exploits can be self-administered, more's the better.
In America, the weaknesses are economic: greed and cheapness. So if the Chinese were smart and looking to make it easier for global dominance over the Big Dog of America, why not simply weaken us through our economy, as opposed to fight us outright?
If the Chinese hold stead over the manufacture of all or most goods sold here, there are a couple of things they could do. First, after we are completely dependent on them (as we almost are now), they could simply start to withhold those goods. But that would be a little too forthright for them. Remember, they are the "inscrutable" ones.
A more insidious idea (and more to Chinese thinking, if you know anything about them) is to poison the next generation. History has shown time and again that China is patient if nothing else. So what if - and I admit this is a big "if" - China were to feed to our populace a steady stream of bad goods, such as those containing lead, that turn our next generation into idiots? This has the added bonus of being imminently less expensive for China to do, rather than poison us outright. But on the other hand, maybe they're also waging a bacterial war against us with all the bad food products. Perhaps the pet food debacle was simply a test run?
Lord knows, they know their exports won't be inspected when they arrive here, and that American will happily buy them from Wal-Mart because they are "cheap."
A Chinese saying came to my attention yesterday: "If the the price is cheap, the product is no good." Their way of saying you get want you pay for.
On the other hand, maybe they're just cheaper and dumber than we.
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