Death by China

Death by China examines the steadily emerging power and global ambitions of China. It is based on a book of the same name that is critical of the country’s abusive trade policies, currency manipulation, and dangerous consumer products. These factors are presented as posing a threat to America’s economic dominance in the twenty-first century.

Death by China argues that China’s economic growth has come at the expense of the United States, particularly due to its positions on workers’ rights, pollution control, counterfeiting, piracy, illegal export subsidies, and currency manipulation. It highlights how Chinese products have flooded US markets, leaving domestic companies unable to cope or compete effectively. The film concludes that China’s admission to the World Trade Organization in 2001 has been damaging to the American economy.