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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.
Signs emerge that America’s tech companies are limiting their exposure to China
March 23, 2023
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?
March 7, 2023
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
March 3, 2023
This is how China treats its friends and neighbors.
The propaganda battle: Are American concerns about China “overblown?”
March 1, 2023
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 […]
America’s Venture Capitalists are Investing in Chinese AI
February 16, 2023
The Center for Security and Emerging Technology has done it again–they have come up with break-through research on a highly sensitive U.S.-Chinese technology issue. In this case (report can be seen here). It turns out that U.S. venture capitalists are investing heavily in Chinese AI start-ups. Some 37 percent of all AI investments in China […]
Apple Tries to Shift Out of China? Too little, too late?
February 16, 2023
Quartz is reporting that Apple’s main factory contractor, FoxConn, is about to invest $300 million in Vietnam in an effort to reduce Apple’s dependency on China as a manufacturing platform. Apple has waited too long. The Chinese almost certainly will find ways to retaliate against Apple and they have dozens of ways to do it–supply […]
