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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.
How China is Subverting U.N. Organizations
October 13, 2021
China Is Choking Civil Society at the United Nations
A stunning map of China’s Belt & Road Initiative Projects
October 11, 2021
CSIS’ Reconnecting Asia Database includes over 14,000 infrastructure projects across the Eurasian subcontinent since 2006, including many of China’s BRI projects. Credit: CSIS Reconnecting Asia Project Most Americans don’t understand just how massive China’s BRI is. The Chinese government is creating a new empire. This map is from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think […]
An important new book on America’s reliance on global supply chains
September 27, 2021
This book, due to go on sale on Oct. 15 on Amazon, has been written by a veteran lawyer and is intended primarily for business and legal audiences. But it contains some very important messages for everyone who follows U.S.-Chinese relations, reshoring, the economic impact of Covid-19, cyber attacks, the global […]
Investors are waking up to the reality that Xi Jinping’s sweeping reforms in China mean it is insane to put new money into that country’s financial system
September 25, 2021
Wall Street Journal What the ‘Smart Money’ Knows About China’s Evergrande Crisis On Wall Street, hype almost always leads to heartache. Investors who hopped on the China bandwagon are learning that lesson the hard way. ILLUSTRATION: ALEX NABAUM By Jason Zweig Sept. 24, 2021 11:00 am ET NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING. In all its original […]
Bain Sees Tech Decoupling Between the U.S. and China
September 21, 2021
This is from the press release describing the firm’s second annual Global Technology report, issued Monday. It’s one of the clearest signs that U.S.-Chinese rivalry is spilling into investment decisions made by major tech companies. “Although the global technology industry will continue to be co-dependent for the foreseeable future, several major countries are now investing […]
Silicon Dragon-2-Has a tech war started between the U.S. and China?
September 17, 2021
CLIP 2_Silicon Dragon Online Present US-China Tech Strategies_ The Big Debate