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I believe the most important thing Americans must do is to secure their economic well-being in an increasingly challenging, complex world. What I have written about all these years is the process of creating wealth, not for any one individual, but for the United States as a whole. Ever since I was a young correspondent witnessing the emergence of China after the country opened in 1979, I’ve believed we have to get more serious about creating wealth. I retain faith in the resiliency of the U.S. economy and the enterprise of American people. If Americans have the right strategies, we can once again create widespread wealth. Come with me on this journey.
China’s Brilliant Propaganda–The 21st Century Equivalent of The Big Lie
April 30, 2024
Wei Lingling of the Wall Street Journal (and a former OPC Foundation scholarship winner) and I have been wondering about the same thing–China’s incredibly brazen use of propaganda. Here’s her take: https://wsjchina.cmail19.com/t/d-e-ejdjrjk-driitdljhj-r/ I was particularly struck by this line of argumentation from China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi. “Should China and the United States keep to […]
When it comes to China, Secretary of State Blinken is wearing blinders
April 25, 2024
It’s a useful exercise to parse the language in an article in today’s New York Times regarding Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s latest visit to China. See it here. It says Blinken will “try to preserve the recent and delicate stabilization of ties between the United States and China.” It says that Blinken’s visit last […]
China is becoming increasingly sophisticated in its efforts to undermine the American election
April 2, 2024
This is not some fringe theory. This is in the august pages of the New York Times. Its lead sentence pretty much says it all: “Covert Chinese accounts are masquerading online as American supporters of former President Donald J. Trump, promoting conspiracy theories, stoking domestic divisions and attacking President Biden ahead of the election in November…” […]
Tony, the Chinese already are interfering in America’s domestic politics
March 19, 2024
Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave a noble speech in Seoul yesterday warning that a “flood” of disinformation was threatening the world’s democracies, fueled in part by the rise of Artificial Intelligence. The New York Times speculates that he is most worried about the U.S. elections in November. But the war over the integrity of […]
TikTok is proving that China interferes in domestic U.S. politics
March 8, 2024
The fact that TikTok launched a massive blitz among its 170 million American users to halt enactment of legislation emerging from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party is proof that China has no qualms about seeking to influence American decision-making. TikTok actively misled its users by saying the legislation would prevent them […]
