MASS DISINFORMATION IN THE TRADE WAR LEADS TO A GUILTY WITHOUT EVIDENCE TREND by Manuel Lee Summary: Most people in this country (the United States) believe that China “stole us blind” for decades. Is there a lot of truth to this belief or is there just a little bit of truth? This short paper researches this topic, lays out the US government accusations, and displays the facts and evidences related to the accusations. The accusation topics include, theft of IP (Intellectual Property) through hacking or direct theft, forced technology transfer, trade deficit, unduly high tariffs, subsidizing industries, and currency manipulation. This paper also provides, for the fist time, an estimate of the actual number of hacks suffered by the United States from state sponsored hackers. This number cannot be found from US government sources. For the most part the research shows that the accusation are over blown and often are vastly over blown. If such is the case, is the American people’s an