The chicoms know exactly what they're doing, smiling as they so do.

Thank you for remembering Tianenman Square massacre, in which chicom government goons drove tanks over young men and women who merely wished to live free.

There was too much money, supposedly, in 'trade' with China, so the international community said nothing.

During the 2000s, our billionaire compu-geeks who've more dollars than sense, the Goo-Goo Boyzs from Google, Gates, the rest of them gave in to chicom demands to censor the Net in China.

The compu-geek billionaires wanted more money, so they worked with the chicoms to not merely censor the Net, but actually identify anyone who googled words such as 'liberty', 'freedom', 'Constitution', 'Second Amendment', and similar, so that chicom government thugs could go to their homes and arrest them.

China remains a communist country, nothing has changed. Yeah, they engage in 'free trade' with BigKorpseorate cronies, and China's cities are gaily lit up at night, but the Chinese people remain under oppression.

American businesspeople who work and visit there report that hotel rooms and phones are all bugged as is the internet, and the chicoms are legendary for stealing business proprietary information and copying it and selling it to others.

The chicoms know exactly what they are doing, and the official government policy remains:

"Use capitalism to build communism to destroy the West."

What's the harm in listening to Mr. Izmirlian's up front, on the level proposal?

Why instead choose secrecy, when secrets often conceal manipulations?

PM Butler-Turner's reasonable request makes a great deal of sense, doesn't it? Why not pay heed to it and hear the man out?

Mr. Izmirlian invested well in his project, wouldn't he be in the best position to right it?

Beautifully expressed. Many upclicks for you. Thank you.

Sounds as if things are being delayed in anticipation of the upcoming elections, doesn't it?

Sounds like amateur arson, or a warning from a practiced arsonist.

The fire flashed but did no major damage? Sounds like an accelerant was used albeit sparingly, doesn't it?

Now who would do a thing like that?

Thanks for the info, was not previously aware of that.

"I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you!"
- 'Captain Louis Renault' (Claude Rains)
"Casablanca", c. 1942

Agree, John. Sounds like a takeover. Stiff the contractors, invent reasons to remain closed, deny tourists and staffers their expectancies, ooch into the Sheraton, a symbol of long time Bahamian hospitality, and how very convenient: directly across from the US Embassy.

Nice touch, signs in Mandarin only, no English. Makes quite the statement, doesn't it?

Of course, our chicom 'partners in prosperity' would never ever even dream of spying on Embassy doings, surely not. Tch tch.

And now another phase of the chicom design become visible.

Didn't a fellow commenter here a few months ago post their findings the result of exhaustive research? Didn't their research demonstrate a pattern of the chicoms doing this to several other countries for the possible purpose of siphoning out cash and placing them at disadvantage?

The longer this carny shill continues, doesn't it seem to be a tactic of asymmetrical warfare?

"Use capitalism to build communism to destroy the West."
- official state policy of the Peoples' Republic of China

The commenters tell the tale, always. It's where everyone heads, straight for the blog section.