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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.
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 […]
The depth of TikTok’s China ties is revealed
December 6, 2021
Ben Smith, writing his media column in today’s New York Times, has obtained an internal TikTok document describing how algorithms written in Beijing are fueling its explosive growth and its ability to essentially addict viewers. Much of that is already well-understood. But he also reveals just how deeply TikTok is intertwined with its Chinese parent […]
New York Times Compares Beijing Winter Olympics with Hitler’s 1936 Olympics
December 3, 2021
I’ve been hearing the human rights crowd calling the Winter Games in Beijing in February the “genocide games” because the world seems to be celebrating the brutal regime of Xi Jinping. But the mainstream media has largely avoided the unpleasant comparison between Beijing 2022 and Hitler’s 1936 Olympics in Germany. Now, however, the New York […]
Chinese Government is Openly Telling U.S. Companies to lobby on its behalf
December 2, 2021
With great drama playing out over whether the world will stage diplomatic boycotts of the Winter Games in February and whether tennis star Peng Shuai will be allowed to emerge from isolation, the Chinese government is openly telling American companies they should lobby the U.S. government to not take any steps that would hurt the […]
The stark divide in thinking about China between American CEOs and the intelligence/military/security world.
November 19, 2021
Why is there such a gap in the thinking of American CEOs vs. the thinking of the American intelligence, security and military leadership when it comes to China? To help understand the gap in thinking, let me explain […]
