The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the United States have signalled, even as Prime Minister Kishida was meeting President Biden, that a major shift in Japanese strategy in countering China has occurred. This, in addition to the doubling of Japan’s defense budget from 1 percent to 2 percent of GNP, means that the U.S. […]…
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My conversation with two New York Times reporters on China’s surveillance state
VIDEO: ‘How I Did It’ – New York Times Journalists Share Insight About Reporting on China Surveillance…
Watch this New York Times Discussion of Surveillance in China, with me moderating
When Wednesday, November 30, 2022 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EST Add to Calendar Where This is an online event. Contact Overseas Press Club of America Overseas Press Club of America info@opcofamerica.org How I Did It – New York Times Reporters Reveal How They Tracked China’s Expanding Surveillance State New York Times reporters spent […]…
My take on the Xi-Biden Meeting–Just Buying Time
Having covered Chinese leaders since the days of Deng Xiaoping, the line of analysis I find most interesting about the meeting in Bali is that Xi Jinping wanted to buy a little more time in China’s relations with the United States. Nothing has changed in his ideology or his ambitions–he is still an authoritarian dictator […]…
The Greatest Industrial Policy Experiment in History–How to Make it Work
It’s gradually sinking in that the Biden Administration has launched perhaps the greatest industrial policy experiment in history–stopping China from assuming technological leadership over the United States and the rest of the world. The two major thrusts are (1) sweeping, coordinated restrictions on the sale of semiconductors and chip-making equipment to China and (2) massive […]…
