Author of "The New Art of War: China's Deep Strategy Inside the United States"

Author Archives: William Holstein

The biggest obstacle to Biden’s efforts to limit China tech? American CEOs

As a result of the spy balloon incident, it’s increasingly clear that the Biden Administration is going to rachet up its efforts to choke off the supply of advanced American technologies to China, as per this article in today’s New York Times. One lawyer is quoted as saying: “Industry is kind of united. We don’t […]…

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The media/New York Times seem to have decided China is now weak. Don’t buy it.

There’s a burst of media coverage today about China’s problems–its deaths exceeded births last year, here, under the headline: “Why China’s Shrinking Population is Cause for Alarm.” And its population is aging. Among other things, it could hurt the global econony if there are not enough Chinese workers. Then the pudding-headed columnist Bret Stephens writes […]…

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The new strategic cooperation with Japan is hugely important

The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the United States have signalled, even as Prime Minister Kishida was meeting President Biden, that a major shift in Japanese strategy in countering China has occurred. This, in addition to the doubling of Japan’s defense budget from 1 percent to 2 percent of GNP, means that the U.S. […]…

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Watch this New York Times Discussion of Surveillance in China, with me moderating

When Wednesday, November 30, 2022 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EST Add to Calendar Where This is an online event. Contact Overseas Press Club of America Overseas Press Club of America info@opcofamerica.org How I Did It – New York Times Reporters Reveal How They Tracked China’s Expanding Surveillance State New York Times reporters spent […]…

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