The real implications of the Chinese fungus smuggling

Chinese citizens charged with smuggling a fungus described as a potential agroterrorism weapon highlights China's broader threat to U.S. security, economy, and critical infrastructure.

Simon Hankinson is a senior research fellow in the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation.

They trade with us on unfair terms and manipulate their currency, causing huge trade deficits for the U.S. They steal or force us to surrender technology, either surreptitiously or through coercive partnership agreements with American companies that are too focused on short-term profit.

Across the world, China undermines our diplomatic power through economic means, building infrastructure on apparently generous terms but with strings attached.