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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.
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 […]
Trump is Completely Out of His Depth in Meeting Xi Jinping
October 28, 2025
President Trump told reporters in Tokyo who asked about his impending meeting with Xi Jinping, “I like him. He likes me.” He predicted a successful “transaction.” The notion that Xi “likes” Trump and would allow that to influence Chinese policies is laughable. And the fact that Trump thinks about managing China as a “transaction” reveals […]
Trump’s unilateral retreat on cyber security against China
October 23, 2025
This is the most important article in today’s New York Times. “The Trump Administration’s cuts to federal programs have eroded U.S. cyberspace defenses…” And quoting Angus King of Maine, a senator who helped lead by Cyberspace Solarium Commission,, “I would call it almost an across-the-board retreat from the national security defenses that we built up […]
