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As Australia's replacement submarine program continues to languish amid a minefield of political failures, China's latest design has just been deployed off the coast of Taiwan. And it may reveal the crucial role of such stealthy weapons in Beijing's battle plan.

But the deal is by no means one way. The statement included a number of phrases likely added by the Chinese that echo official Beijing propaganda almost verbatim. They include: "the Russian side notes the significance of the concept of constructing a 'community of common destiny for mankind' proposed by the Chinese side."

China is using a whole-of-society approach to steal its way to becoming a military power, and the U.S. government needs to better defend against such an espionage campaign, according to a retired CIA officer. "U.S. security officials estimate that the Chinese steal between $300 billion and $600 billion a year in U.S.

Tensions spiked between the US and China as both countries sent warships into the Taiwan Strait over the weekend. The U.S. sent the USS Mustin on Saturday sailing through the geopolitically sensitive channel on a routine mission. The action drew a quick rebuke from Beijing, which claims to have shadowed the American warship.

When President Ronald Reagan identified the Soviet Union as the "Evil Empire" and asked President Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall," he gave the moral courage to millions of oppressed people to revolt against communism. Now, only 30 years after the fall of the Berlin wall, communism is once again on the rise in America.