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I believe the most important thing Americans must do is to secure their economic well-being in an increasingly challenging, complex world. What I have written about all these years is the process of creating wealth, not for any one individual, but for the United States as a whole. Ever since I was a young correspondent witnessing the emergence of China after the country opened in 1979, I’ve believed we have to get more serious about creating wealth. I retain faith in the resiliency of the U.S. economy and the enterprise of American people. If Americans have the right strategies, we can once again create widespread wealth. Come with me on this journey.
Kurt Campbell’s analysis of Trump’s China strategy
January 28, 2026
Kurt Campbell is one of the smartest, most experienced U.S. officlals in understanding the complexities of the U.S.-China relationship. His well-balanced essay allows for the possibility that President Trump is managing the relationship well. But it also holds out the possibility, which is far greater in my mind, that Trump does not understand that Xi […]
The phony TikTok “deal”
January 23, 2026
The TikTok deal is truly cynical, even by the standards established under Trump II. American billionaires will get richer, but the Chinese will still control the algorithmns and source code, which means that they will still be able to feed disinformation to more than 180 million Americans on their “feeds” and collect highly personalized data […]
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin are Playing Trump For a Fool
January 20, 2026
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NrixD0b63_wm6p7414cFI0YVI9qhPu4B/view
Beware the fake TikTok deal
December 24, 2025
The reason the Trump Administration hasn’t made a big TikTok announcement is that they are trying to have it both ways–American billionaires make money but the Chinese retain control over the underlying technology, two experts argue in the New York Times guest essay seen below. They note that powerful American investors have invested in ByteDance, […]
The complete collapse of any coherent China strategy–Trump allows Nvidia sales to China
December 10, 2025
President Trump’s administration has just authorized Nvidia to sell its second most advanced chips to China, the H200’s. It’s obvious that the Chinese will use the chips to advance their work on Artificial Intelligence, which has equally obvious military and strategic uses–it’s widely assumed that in any armed conflict, AI systems will be able to […]
Xi Jinping and the power of ideology in China
November 11, 2025
Outsiders often struggle to understand a basic question, Who Is Xi Jinping? History teaches us many lessons about rapid ideological change in China and how profoundly the nation can be forced to shift gears. I know because I lived through and reported on one such shift during my time in Hong Kong and Beijing from […]
