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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.
Elon Musk Is Utterly Unfit to Own X
October 3, 2024
Elon Musk has broken ranks with the other Big Tech companies that own major social media platforms. Zuckerberg et al are not making any effort to monitor or curate their “content.” But Musk has taken it a step further and is flooding X with his own posts, many of which are deepfakes, falsehoods or memes. […]
The New York Times and my book, The New Art of War
September 17, 2024
Five years ago, I published a book entitled The New Art of War: China’s Deep Strategy Inside the United States, seen here. I detailed how the Chinese government ruthlessly exploits Chinese nationals and Chinese-Americans inside the United States, whether they be students in American universities, researchers at key laboratories, or players in the political arena. […]
The arrest of Telegram’s Pavel Durov–Free Speech Doesn’t Allow Us to Shout “Fire” in a Crowded Theater
August 30, 2024
As someone who has been involved in the media my entire adult life, I’ve watched the billionaires who control big social media platforms argue that there can be no restraints on their “free speech.” They argue that the First Amendment, plus Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, gives them carte blanche to allow any […]
Hit Nvidia with a $500 million fine for violating U.S. national security–that should wake up the semiconductor industry
August 5, 2024
It’s time for semiconductor designers and manufacturers from the United States and Taiwan to start taking responsibility for selling advanced chips to Chinese entities, many of whom are related to the People’s Liberation Army, as per this fine piece https://lnkd.in/ey4ExM3T in the New York Times describes. Companies in other nations such as Holland, […]
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 […]
