Did anyone really believe China's space program was benign?

Inside the Ring - The Washington Times: Inside the Ring is where Bill Gertz reports China's first astronaut launch was also a spy mission. This is not small news, but of course, the major media (other than the Washington Times) are ignoring it. The politically correct position is that China means us no harm, I guess. But they do, and they mean to mount a takeover of Taiwan at some point in the foreseeable future. Ahem, uh, Mr. Clinton, how much of our technology do you suppose went into making this mission possible?