PETITION LETTER ON CHINA
To Mr. Donald J. Trump President of United States
I.
Under the
pretense of a "developing country", the People's Republic of China
has taken advantage of the World Trade Organization's trade policies to
implement an economic program and protectionist agenda that damage the United
States and the world community.
Following are the facts on China's trade and economic policies:
A. Restrict foreign companies from investing in
many sectors in China; provide favorable and one-sided economic treatment to
state-own enterprises (SOEs); place numerous unfair business practices on
American-owned companies currently doing business in China; and cause large annual trade deficits with
the United States (China imported $130 billion dollars of US -made products and
goods during the last fiscal year while exporting over $475 billion dollars of
Chinese-made goods to the US).
B. Implement laws and regulations forcing
foreign companies, including American corporations, to share and transfer their
proprietary information and patented technology with the local authorities and
Chinese companies, if these foreign companies want to obtain licenses to
operate in China; and restrict stock
share ownership and sales of the same for foreign companies, which would be
deemed illegal in other countries.
C. Prohibit the formation of independent labor
unions; control, through the Chinese
Communist party, the rights of laborers and workers in the most restrictive manner,
contrary to applicable international standards for workers; and promote a cheap labor economy to attract
foreign companies' investment, thus, causing unfair competition against workers
from the developed countries.
D. Prohibit the establishment of an independent
judiciary to fairly handle trade and business disputes, especially with cases
involving intellectual rights, which the Chinese government does not respect ;
and create a judicial system that lacks transparency and fairness.
E.
Control and manipulate the monetary system; and purposefully undervalue
the Chinese Renminbi, causing price and value destabilization in the stock
market.
II.
China is
increasing its espionage activities to steal information, secretly obtain
intellectual property and business formulas that violate the national security
of many nations, including the US, by many means and channels:
A. Employ selected foreign exchange students and
research scholars to infiltrate targeted universities, research institutions,
high-tech companies, financial organizations and even health care
organizations, to steal or entice American professionals and intellectuals at
these related entities to provide sensitive information and technology to the
Chinese government, which cause harm to the national security of the US.
B. Engage Internet hackers to attack the US
including government agencies, national defense entities, and high profile
private companies, while interfering with the electoral system of the US and
with many other countries.
C. Implement laws requiring private domestic
companies to fully cooperate with the Chinese Communist Party and its
government, including the security apparatus, the military, through the
People's Liberation Army (PLA), while forcing these companies to turn over
their information and data to the government.
III.
China
flagrantly violates the basic human rights of its own citizens despite being a
signatory to the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. Following are violations by the Chinese
government:
A. Brutally oppress peaceful dissidents through
arbitrary imprisonment, physical and psychological torture, and passing on
unfair and excessive prison sentences against those who disagree with the
Chinese Communist Party.
B. Brutally oppress ethnic minorities by
pressuring them to disavow their chosen religion and native culture, currently
occurring in Xianjiang, Tibet, Yunnan, and throughout China where there are
ethnic minorities desiring self-determination.
C. Brutally oppress many ethnic minorities such
as the Muslim Uyghurs and the Kazakhs, incarcerating those who do not submit to
Chinese rule in concentration camps; burn Christian religious books and destroy
buildings of worship; arrest, detain and
beat up Falun Gong adherents, declaring that the practice of Falun Gong is
illegal.
IV.
China is
dramatically increasing its military capability and continues to manipulate the
political systems of its neighboring countries in the region, especially in the
South China Sea, wherein China had violated its own assurance not to militarize
this region, which can threaten the peace and stability of the entire Asian –
Indo - Pacific Region. Following are
China's destabilizing action and conduct:
A. Illegally declare ownership of the South
China Sea while appropriating by military force many islets, reefs, and islands
from other neighboring countries, including the Paracel Islands from Vietnam in
1974, various islands and islets in the Spratlys Archipelago, and the
Scarboroughs from the Philippines.
B. Illegally construct military infrastructure
and installations on disputed islands and reefs in the South China Sea,
threatening the peace and stability of the entire region.
C. Employ militias and paramilitary personnel,
under the guise of fishermen, to harass and bully fishermen from neighboring
countries.
D. Politically manipulate neighboring countries
including Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos; implement the Belt Road
Initiative (formerly One Road, One Belt -- OBOR) as a policy mechanism to cause
poor and smaller nations to be entrapped financially to China, thus more
vulnerable to China's political machinations.
With the
four main issues referenced above, it is clear that China is a real and current
threat not only to the US, but to the entire international community. If China does not cease and desist from the
above-mentioned conduct, we must call on President Donald Trump to take a
firmer position and more resolute action with china by levying the following
punitive action and policies:
1. Apply maximum tariff against all Chinese-made
products intended for the US.
2. Sign an Executive Order prohibiting US
companies from transferring technology or providing service until China comply
with the common policy and standards on these matters, as observed by the
international community.
3. Enlist the Global Magnitsky Act to target
Chinese government officials, companies, banks, and Chinese nationals who have
aided and abetted the Chinese government with the policies and conduct listed
in the four above-referenced issues.
4. Order other applicable punitive sanctions
against Chinese government officials, companies, banks, and Chinese nationals
who had acted against the common good and interest of the international
community and pose a threat to the national
security of the US.
This
petition letter is open to all individuals and organizations to sign on,
requesting that the Trump Administration acknowledge the voices and wishes of
numerous people around the world in dealing with the threat that China poses to
the international community and US.
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