In stark contrast to the warm welcome Pope Francis received from President Obama this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at the White House amid a period of heightened tensions, as China is in the midst of a financial meltdown and cyber-hacking headlines continue. While President Xi visited American business leaders in Seattle prior to his arrival in Washington, his agents have been embedded in American enterprise for years, hacking their way into American firms in an effort to stop the bleeding at home.

President Obama has made clear that China is a global “free rider” that profits on the back of American innovation, with China hacking its way into our economy by stealing our trade secrets and killing thousands of American jobs…