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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.
Could Legislation Aimed at Helping America Compete With China Do the Exact Opposite?
January 24, 2022
If true, this is one of the most cynical power plays I have ever seen. U.S. multinationals operating in China appear to have inserted language in a bill aimed at helping America compete with China by including a provision that might do the exact opposite. Stripping out Section 301 would remove one of the U.S. […]
The Media’s Coverage of Microsoft’s Latest Power Grab
January 19, 2022
When I heard that Microsoft was going to lay out $70 billion in cash (where the hell did they get all that PURE CASH?) to buy the gaming company, Activision Blizzard, I thought I would hear screams of outrage that one of America’s top five techno-gorillas was expanding into yet another horizontal space. This is […]
China Makes Another Grab for Carbon Composite Technology
January 18, 2022
We have long known that the Chinese government has targeted American carbon composite technology. Carbon composites are extremely useful in aircraft frames because they are lightweight. And they are critically important in jet engines because of their ability to withstand high temperatures. It was General Electric’s carbon composite technology that Yanjun Xu, an official of […]
A wave is building against American companies supporting Xi Jinping
December 20, 2021
Here’s the latest broadside from Reuters: Amazon has curried favor in China by promoting books extolling the leadership of President Xi Jinping and his version of “socialism with Chinese characteristics.” This comes at the same time that the New York Times is describing how China’s government is spending massive amounts of money on Facebook and […]
China uses Twitter, Facebook in massive robot-fueled propaganda campaign
December 20, 2021
The Chinese government is using sophisticated automated bot systems to “like” and promote social media posts that confuse Western audiences about the treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang Province and about the origins of COVID, according to a breakthrough article in the New York Times online today. Our social media platforms are making billions by helping […]
What an Outrage: American Universities Are Helping China’s Military Buildup
December 11, 2021
U.S. universities keep ties to Chinese schools that support China’s military buildup, report says Dan De Luce Fri, December 10, 2021, 9:00 AM Dozens of U.S. universities maintain ties to Chinese universities that conduct defense research in support of Beijing’s military buildup, including work related to the country’s nuclear weapons program, according to a […]
