The U.S. decision to demand that China close its Houston consulate dominated the news cycle this week, but an even more important case may have been the indictment of two Chinese hackers, working at times with China’s Ministry of State Security. The indictment, seen here, is breathtaking for two reasons: the hackers revealed amazing sophistication […]…
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Bill Barr’s Important Speech Attacking U.S. Companies “Kowtowing” to China
It’s easy to dismiss Attorney General Bill Barr as just another Trump toadie, but he has given a very important speech that breaks new ground in the American government’s apparent bid to rally an effective response to Xi Jinping. Watch it here. Barr, who has a master’s degree in Chinese studies, accuses Xi of launching […]…
FBI’s Wray Says Chinese Targeting Covid Researchers
FBI Director Christopher Wray’s speech and subsequent comments at the Hudson Institute yesterday, seen here, certainly validate my findings in The New Art of War and establish that the pattern of Chinese government activities is continuing. But the biggest surprise was his comment that as soon as an American company or research institute makes a […]…
My Latest on the Humble Tire–In Compass magazine
I’m keeping my hand in the auto beat, seen here…
Hong Kong–Behind the Great Firewall?
We can see some early sparring between Facebook, Google, Twitter and LinkedIn and the Hong Kong government, which is increasingly the Chinese goverment. It seems inevitable that this will intensify. The only logical outcome is that the Chinese government will extend its Great Firewall to include Hong Kong, meaning cutting off all independent flows of […]…
