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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.
A Grand Strategy–Now Available on Amazon
June 10, 2021
My long labor of love, A Grand Strategy: Countering China, Taming Technology, and Restoring the Media, is now available on Amazon here. I started the book by writing down the many stories of my fabled career but then realized I had a burning messages directly relevant to today’s debates about China and technology. Having been […]
How To Stop China From Taking Advantage of the New $250 Billion Tech Bill
June 9, 2021
I sincerely doubt that Xi Jinping is quaking in his boots about the U.S. government’s attempts to reinvigorate America’s technology prowess. The reason? His party-state has proven that it can steal or buy ideas from America’s labs and start-ups and develop and commercialize them faster than the Americans can. In other words, if the new […]
The U.S. Is Going to Pass an Enormous Tech Package–But the devil will be in the details
June 7, 2021
I’m delighted that the U.S. Congress is on the brink of approving a $250 billion techology and manufacturing bill. The fact that Democrats and Republicans can overcome their bitter partisan divide to do this reflects a broadening consensus that the U.S. must counter China’s efforts to dominate the world technologically. But the devil will be in […]
If you still think Zoom is safe from Chinese hacking, check out this expert analysis
June 7, 2021
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/picking-right-collaborationmessaging-tools-enterprise-john-villanueva/?published=t
An insight into how Chinese APT’s develop cyberhacking tools
June 4, 2021
This article in Security Week offers a fascinating glimpse into how China’s Advanced Persistent Threat groups develop the most sophisticated tools to penetrate the world’s IT systems. We are essentially defenseless against these attacks because our companies refuse to invest the money and human resources necessary to safeguard our systems. Governments alone cannot do it.