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Important Article in New York Times on Huawei’s 5G
July 2, 2019
At last, someone at the New York Times is beginning to ask the right questions. In this article, Andrew Ross Sorkin, who usually writes about the glam world of finance, notes that the United States is “woefully–even disgracefully–behind” Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant that has been in the news. I have been arguing that the […]
Four Key Takeaways From The Trump-Xi Meeting
July 1, 2019
The first takeaway is that the uncertainty facing companies doing business in or with China continues. Trump may or may not follow through on tariffs on $300 billion worth of goods from China. That means business people will have to make decisions about where to source and where to manufacture with major question marks hanging […]
Why the Idea of a “Deal” With China Is a Bad One
June 28, 2019
In coming hours, President Trump and President Xi will sit down in Osaka and address the many issues that separate them. It has become clear, as per this article in the New York Times, that the problems extend far beyond trade deficits. The trade war has become a technology war. The Chinese have stolen enough […]
Stunning New Chinese Hacking Revelation
June 25, 2019
APT10 is at it again. According to a story in today’s Wall Street Journal (the New York Times missed the story), the Tianjin-based hacking group affiliated with China’s Ministry of State Security infiltrated the cellular networks of at least 10 global telecom carriers, stealing users’ whereabouts, text-messaging records and call logs. The article, by Timothy […]
Lighthizer Reveals Central Flaw in Trump Administration Thinking Regarding China
June 18, 2019
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer today revealed the fundamental misjudgment at the heart of the Trump Administration’s strategy for dealing with China. In an exchange with Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, Lighthizer correctly noted that China is stealing technology from the United States and that will deprive our children and their grandchildren of the jobs […]
The New Art of War: How China’s Army Planted Secret Chips–Take 4
June 14, 2019
Here I discuss with Barbara Demick of the Los Angeles Times how the People’s Liberation Army planted secret chips inside motherboards being made in China for assembly into American computers.
