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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.
Why the Korean Peninsula Could Be Trickier than Taiwan Under Trump-2
July 18, 2024
A great deal of attention is rightly focused on what happens to American relations with Taiwan and China under a second Trump presidency. But the Korean peninsula is potentially more volatile and therefore dangerous, partly because Russian leader Vladimir Putin is promising new military technology to Pyongyang. The Taiwan situation involved three primary players–Washington, Taipei […]
Harry Moser’s Reshoring Initiative Has a Unique Understanding of Decoupling
July 10, 2024
July 2024 View Online | Subscribe My key takeaways–the Biden Administration’s Industrial Policy strategy is yielding tangible results. American and important Taiwanese companies like FoxConn are seeking to limit their exposure to China. But the Mexico story is complicated. America now buys more from Mexico than China. The Chinese, however, are using Mexico as a (literally) back […]
Getting the new “tech hubs” right
July 3, 2024
For a whole host of reasons, including achieving a stronger technology base vis a vis China, it’s critical that the Biden Administration gets the right formula for the “tech hubs” it is trying to create across the United States. From more than 30 years of following the subject, first for Business Week seen here businessweek-hotspots, I […]
The New York Times editorial department goes ape over Chinese pandas
June 10, 2024
The New York Times editorial department is continuing to propagate the wildest, dumbest drivel about U.S.-China relations. Are pandas really going to “save” humanity? https://lnkd.in/esRscMxc The author is a journalist who covers animals. Why does the Times continue to let opera singers and others with zero China knowledge take advantage of one of America’s most […]
China’s Brilliant Propaganda–The 21st Century Equivalent of The Big Lie
April 30, 2024
Wei Lingling of the Wall Street Journal (and a former OPC Foundation scholarship winner) and I have been wondering about the same thing–China’s incredibly brazen use of propaganda. Here’s her take: https://wsjchina.cmail19.com/t/d-e-ejdjrjk-driitdljhj-r/ I was particularly struck by this line of argumentation from China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi. “Should China and the United States keep to […]
When it comes to China, Secretary of State Blinken is wearing blinders
April 25, 2024
It’s a useful exercise to parse the language in an article in today’s New York Times regarding Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s latest visit to China. See it here. It says Blinken will “try to preserve the recent and delicate stabilization of ties between the United States and China.” It says that Blinken’s visit last […]
