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…” […]…
About: William Holstein
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Tony, the Chinese already are interfering in America’s domestic politics
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
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 […]…
Oh, how the tides of time have changed America’s debate about Japan
Clyde Prestowitz was labeled a “Japan basher” by some in the American media and political world but we at Business Week looked at him as a leading intellectual voice on Japan’s mounting economic challenges to U.S. technological leadership. Thirty years ago, he (and I) would have advocated against Nippon Steel being able to buy U.S. […]…
The Asia Times Gives Battlefield Cyber a Positive Review
As seen here…
