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Addresses the history of conservative hostility toward China displayed by the United States, in the wake of the aircraft accident over Hainan Island, China involving a U.S. spy plane and a Chinese fighter jet. Development of the Heritage Foundation, which was adamantly opposed to Communist China; History of the foundation; Speculation on why the Heritage's policy on China has softened; View that conservatism is in danger of becoming simply a means through which business protects its financial interests.

Focuses on political predilections in the periodical "The Reader's Digest." View that the periodical has a decidedly conservative tone; Assessment of the August issue of "Reader's Digest," focusing on the number of anti-New Deal articles; Quotation from Senator Robert C. Byrd of Virginia about federal encroachment on the states; Reflection of political conditions in China in the article "Too Much Wishful Thinking About China," by Hanson Baldwin; Depiction of the black market in the article "We Aren't Going to Have Enough to Eat," by Louis Bromfield; Condemnation of the U.S. administration by Bromfield.