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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 Trying to Play the United Nations Against the West
June 23, 2021
Two incidents in the news suggest that China is attempting to use its influence to turn the United Nations away from criticizing Beijing’s internal policies and instead focus on environmental and human rights abuses in the West. In the first example, a committee of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) proposed that Australia’s […]
CNN Interviews Me on Apple Daily and China’s Efforts to Control the “Global Discourse”
June 22, 2021
Beware of Big Tech’s “Glib Talking Points.”
June 21, 2021
In this very important piece, New York Times tech columnist Shira Ovide adds up the threads of what Big Tech is saying about efforts to rein it in. Essentially, they are warning that doing anything negative to them will benefit China. These are the “glib talking points” she mentions. What malarkey! Big Tech has been […]
Frank Bruni agrees with my media analysis in A Grand Strategy
June 20, 2021
New York Times columnist Frank Bruni has ended a 10-year run with this piece which largely agrees with my description of how the mainstream media has changed over the decades. That is a major theme of “A Grand Strategy: Countering China, Taming Technology, and Restoring the Media,” seen here on Amazon. Here are a couple of […]
Stunningly, #Apple Has No Plan B for #China
June 18, 2021
The media pressure on Apple is building, as evidenced by this article in today’s NY Times. Apple assembles nearly every iPhone, iPad and IMac in China. One reason is that the Chinese government has built roads and other infrastructure. The supply of labor is a factor. Another is that Apple’s entire supply chain is concentrated […]
AsiaTimes, in first review, says A Grand Strategy is Proof that the Chinese Communist Party Cannot Stifle the American Debate About China
June 10, 2021
Xi Jinping’s Communist Party is trying to control the global discourse about China. It isn’t working. See the AsiaTimes review here.
