The Chinese have been negotiating for millenia. As we know from The Art of War, they are masters at it. But President Trump is making so many mistakes in his negotiating style and tactics that the negotiations are, in effect, already over. And the Chinese government won. The Chinese know what Trump has a short […]…
About: William Holstein
Author Archives: William Holstein
Carlos Ghosn: What is Japanese “Justice?”
I agree with this editorial in the New York Times. I’m not a particular fan of Carlos Ghosn but he has been locked up in small cell in a Tokyo detention center for three months (since Nov. 19) where he has undergone repeated questioning by Japanese prosecutors without his lawyers being present. His alleged crimes […]…
Very important information on U.S.-Chinese AI rivalry
The Algorithm, a news feed from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, offers a very concise, understandable analysis of a new report on Artificial Intelligence. This is a subject we must keep track of as we observe U.S.-Chinese relations. It’s common to talk about China and the US being in an “AI arms race,” as each […]…
Nikkei Article Supports Argument that Apple is Trapped in China
This article puts flesh on the bones of my argument that Apple is locked in a losing competitive and geographic strategy. It should have started shifting some production out of China years ago. But instead Tim Cook doubled down and increased production there to achieve greater efficiencies…
Li Yuan of the Times has emerged as a key observer of U.S.-Chinese tech tensions
I’ve been watching Li Yuan since she was at the Wall Street Journal. Now with the New York Times in Hong Kong, she has emerged as one of the smartest commentators on U.S-Chinese tech tensions. In this piece today, she says Chinese companies such as Huawei–which is in the line of fire from the American […]…
