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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.
Is China Seeking a Permanent, Secretive Presence in America’s Computers?
November 30, 2020
The answer appears to be “yes.” See my article co-authored with Michael McLaughlin, senior counterintelligence adviser to the Pentagon’s CyberCommand, here.
American Tech Companies Face China-related Issues
November 23, 2020
This piece in the New York Times explains how Intel and Nvidia sell semiconductors to a middleman in China who then sells them to authorities running the largest surveillance operation in the world against the Uighur minority population. Some even call it genocide. The fact that President Xi Jinping has declared a “military-civil fusion” means […]
Hong Kong: An Insider’s View
November 20, 2020
From my one-time protege at Business Week, a most authoritative view of what is happening inside Hong Kong. The Chinese strategy is clearly to use business and economic incentives to overwhelm any political opposition or resistance.
ChinaFile Offers Smashing New Insights on How China Surveils Its Own People
November 2, 2020
My key question is, if this is the pattern they have established at home, are they using the same techniques and methodologies internationally? The Communist Party’s doctrine seems to have evolved to the point that not only is the party completely dominant inside China, but it also has the right to assert its supremacy globally. […]
Will America Get Serious About Reshoring?
October 20, 2020
October 2020 E-News: Commerce Department Requests More Reshoring from China, Reshoring Initiative Responds Inbox Reshoring Initiative <reshore@mail.gardnerweb.com> Unsubscribe 8:15 AM (3 hours ago) to me October 2020 View Online | Unsubscribe | Subscribe October 2020 E-News: Commerce Department Requests More Reshoring from China, Reshoring Initiative Responds Investment Advisory Council (IAC) of the U.S. Department of Commerce The IAC met on September 10, 2020, […]
Important New Report on China and the U.S. in Artificial Intelligence
October 17, 2020
Few subjects are as important as the race to integrate Artificial Intelligence into human decision-making. It has clear geopolitical and military significance because the country that can do it first will obtain enormous advantages over other countries, both in monitoring and analyzing their IT systems and also in prevailing militarily without necessarily firing a shot. […]
