Disney owns ESPN, and also has had to deal with recent censorship of Winnie the Pooh in China (which is a different story altogether). I'm suspecting there are

Disney owns ESPN, and also has had to deal with recent censorship of Winnie the Pooh in China (which is a different story altogether). I'm suspecting there are quite a number of other business dealings between China and those who sit on boards of American companies. That would create an enormous tangle of conflict of interest. China doesn't need a military to conquer, as these business relationships seem to be doing the job well enough.