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What a spectacular PR disaster Disney created for itself by shooting Mulan in the very region where Uighur Muslims are being subjected to a genocide-like assimilation campaign and even thanking police and security units for their help–the same units involved in suppressing the Uighurs. Disney further shot itself in the foot by celebrating the ethnic […]…

Using a mix of warnings and blandishments, China is attempting to force the European Union to toe Beijing’s ideological line and undermine the bloc’s relations with the United States. This appears to be a major thrust in China’s global strategy–if it can encourage a break in U.S.-European relations, there is no force on earth that […]…

We have known about China’s Thousand Talents Plan which seeks to lure ethnic Chinese and other scientists to bring their knowledge to China. But we never knew it was this systematic and massive. I offer the complete article below because of the Journal’s reg wall. This article deserves to be seen: How China Targets Scientists […]…

The Trump Administration seems to have almost completely cut off Huawei’s access to American semiconductors or semiconductors made with American equipment, with the possible exception of Qualcomm, which designs wireless chips. This will be effective in hurting Huawei in the short to medium term, but there are possible downsides. The first is that Huawei and […]…

Go here to register for this unique online event this Thursday, Aug; 13, at 11 a.m. Eastern: The Overseas Press Club of America and Gateway House, Mumbai, India, are co-sponsoring a unique global online conversation among China experts on three continents. As China pushes to expand its power around the world technologically, economically and strategically, signs of […]…