Two incidents in the news suggest that China is attempting to use its influence to turn the United Nations away from criticizing Beijing’s internal policies and instead focus on environmental and human rights abuses in the West. In the first example, a committee of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) proposed that Australia’s […]…
About: William Holstein
Author Archives: William Holstein
CNN Interviews Me on Apple Daily and China’s Efforts to Control the “Global Discourse”
Beware of Big Tech’s “Glib Talking Points.”
In this very important piece, New York Times tech columnist Shira Ovide adds up the threads of what Big Tech is saying about efforts to rein it in. Essentially, they are warning that doing anything negative to them will benefit China. These are the “glib talking points” she mentions. What malarkey! Big Tech has been […]…
Frank Bruni agrees with my media analysis in A Grand Strategy
New York Times columnist Frank Bruni has ended a 10-year run with this piece which largely agrees with my description of how the mainstream media has changed over the decades. That is a major theme of “A Grand Strategy: Countering China, Taming Technology, and Restoring the Media,” seen here on Amazon. Here are a couple of […]…
Stunningly, #Apple Has No Plan B for #China
The media pressure on Apple is building, as evidenced by this article in today’s NY Times. Apple assembles nearly every iPhone, iPad and IMac in China. One reason is that the Chinese government has built roads and other infrastructure. The supply of labor is a factor. Another is that Apple’s entire supply chain is concentrated […]…
