Call for digg on COSCO

At issue is a proposal by the City of Long Beach, California, to lease a terminal, to be built at property occupied by a closed naval station, to China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO). COSCO is a commercial shipping company owned by China. Issues raised concern smuggling of guns by Chinese defense-related companies, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, intelligence collection, and access to U.S. and Panamanian ports. In response, senior Clinton Administration officials wrote that COSCO's use of a terminal to be built on former Naval property would not adversely affect national security. The Navy will be transferring its closed facilities to Long Beach in 1999 and 2000.

>https://wikileaks.org/wiki/CRS:LONG_BEACH:_PROPOSED_LEASE_BY_CHINA_OCEAN_SHIPPING_COMPANY(COSCO)_AT_FORMER_NAVAL_BASE,_August_11,_1999