Commentary Americans and many others have rightly been wary of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) intentions for many decades. Chinese communism and Western-style liberal democracy mix together about as well as oil and water do. Most observers realize that over the past 100 years, the CCP had made it clear that it intends to become the global leader in all human endeavors at the expense of other nations and the world’s people. Mao Zedong’s CCP was originally focused inward on gaining complete control over China’s government, people, culture, commerce, and thought. At what point did the CCP’s animosity toward America begin? Let us take a look at history. Introduction American relations were initiated with Mao’s communist group in 1944 when the U.S. Army Observation Group established a liaison with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) at the communist base camp at Yan’an. Beginning in the 1930s, the nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) army …