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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.
Facebook Making $5 Billion For Sharing Chinese Propaganda
July 26, 2021
This story from the private The Wire newsletter deserves broad circulation: Facebook’s Super Spreaders What message is Beijing trying to send? BY KATRINA NORTHROP — JULY 25, 2021 Illustration by Taylor Callery Last Friday afternoon, just as President Joe Biden was boarding Marine One for a weekend at Camp David, a reporter yelled out a question: “On Covid […]
The world has not yet witnessed China’s full cyber power
July 23, 2021
The world has not yet witnessed China’s full cyber power Analysts who are paying attention realize that China has reached near-parity or absolute advantage in some areas of communications and computing with the United States. They were first, for example, to develop 5G wireless telecommunications technology and the United States still does not have it. […]
This Wall Street Journal video shows how TikTok targets users–it’s all based on a secret algorithm controlled from China
July 22, 2021
My OPC Book Night with CNN’s John Avlon
July 20, 2021
William J. Holstein Examines The Rise Of China And A Teetering News Industry by Chad Bouchard In his new book, OPC Past President William J. Holstein weaves his own personal experience as China correspondent in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with four decades of insight as a close observer of the country’s trajectory, commenting […]
How Big Tech Is Helping Chinese Propagandists
June 28, 2021
This has not been well-understood. Google, Facebook and Twitter have been helping to spread Chinese government propaganda, says this editorial in the Washington Post. And making money doing it. It’s time for the Biden Administration to start explaining reality to the these companies–they must become part of the fabric of American society and the American […]
CNN Interviews Me on Apple Daily and China’s Efforts to Control the “Global Discourse”
June 22, 2021
