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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.
The compromises that Apple and other Big Tech companies make in China
May 18, 2021
Apple has made very questionable compromises with China’s Communist government to operate its data centers containing Chinese customer information there. The government essentially controls Apple’s data centers, according to this excellent article in today’s New York Times. Apple says its systems in China are “sequestered” from the rest of its global iCloud platform. Yet at […]
China Tries to Lure in Wall Street–and the China Institute is Helping
April 27, 2021
The government of Xi Jinping has a clear objective in seeking to lure in American financial entities into China. They obviously want access to more capital, but the Chinese also view Wall Street as an important ally in shaping American governmental policy toward China. The Chinese have astutely recognized that Wall Street has power in […]
Is Facebook helping Chinese government propaganda masters?
April 3, 2021
This article from the Wall Street Journal is behind a pay wall but it’s worth the irritation of pasting it and cleaning it up here. The Chinese are using Facebook, Twitter and perhaps other U.S. social media platforms banned from China to spread their propaganda around the world. Facebook’s revenue from Chinese advertisers may exceed […]
China Throws Down the Gauntlet
March 20, 2021
Throwing down the gauntlet means issuing a direct challenge and that’s what top Chinese diplomats have done this week in Alaska. Some Chinese diplomats around the world have been aggressive as part of what they called “wolf warrior” actions. But now China’s top two diplomats have established beyond a shadow of a doubt that China […]
China Is Building Its Own Undersea Internet Cable
March 16, 2021
To anyone who wonders whether the United States can share an international communications platform with China, at a time when its internal systems are barricaded from the rest of the world’s, now comes this. According to Shira Ovide in the New York Times over the weekend, China is building an undersea cable to France, which […]
Have China and Russia Penetrated America’s Tech Giants?
March 15, 2021
If you add up the pieces, the evidence is beginning to mount that America’s tech giants have been compromised from within, as Mike McLauglin and I argued in a piece in November in the National Interest. Item No. 1 is this article in today’s New York Times. It seems that two major recent cyberattacks succeeded […]
