Mike Chinoy has written an oral history of how Western correspondents have covered China called Assignment China. I organized a book night for him at the Overseas Press Club on March 23. Here is the Q&A session where he and I drill in on the situation today. His conclusion is that we have reached a […]…
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Signs emerge that America’s tech companies are limiting their exposure to China
Marvell, a California-based tech company founded by Indonesian entrepreneurs, says it is closing its China R&D operations. The move is couched in the language of standard downsizing but its significance is much greater. It could be in response to Intellectual Property theft in China or it could be a response to mounting U.S.-Chinese frictions. I […]…
What does the American Intelligence Community really know about the Chinese leadership?
When the news broke that the American IC community had picked up clues that China was considering providing lethal assistance to the Russians fighting in Ukraine, I had a quiet moment of joy. Oh, I thought, the Americans have figured out an angle to look in on Chinese decision-making. But then it was revealed by […]…
China is conducting massive surveillance of ASEAN
This is how China treats its friends and neighbors…
The propaganda battle: Are American concerns about China “overblown?”
As a student of information and propaganda, I’m hearing a rising chorus of voices arguing that American worries about China’s technology-based drive for global dominance are “overblown.” This comes as the special House committee starts its deliberations. The timing is conspicuous. First is Jonah Goldberg, a conservative syndicated columnist writing in the Los Angeles Times […]…
