Kurt Campbell’s analysis of Trump’s China strategy

Kurt Campbell is one of the smartest, most experienced U.S. officlals in understanding the complexities of the U.S.-China relationship. His well-balanced essay allows for the possibility that President Trump is managing the relationship well. But it also holds out the possibility, which is far greater in my mind, that Trump does not understand that Xi […]…

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The phony TikTok “deal”

The TikTok deal is truly cynical, even by the standards established under Trump II. American billionaires will get richer, but the Chinese will still control the algorithmns and source code, which means that they will still be able to feed disinformation to more than 180 million Americans on their “feeds” and collect highly personalized data […]…

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Beware the fake TikTok deal

The reason the Trump Administration hasn’t made a big TikTok announcement is that they are trying to have it both ways–American billionaires make money but the Chinese retain control over the underlying technology, two experts argue in the New York Times guest essay seen below. They note that powerful American investors have invested in ByteDance, […]…

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The complete collapse of any coherent China strategy–Trump allows Nvidia sales to China

President Trump’s administration has just authorized Nvidia to sell its second most advanced chips to China, the H200’s. It’s obvious that the Chinese will use the chips to advance their work on Artificial Intelligence, which has equally obvious military and strategic uses–it’s widely assumed that in any armed conflict, AI systems will be able to […]…

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