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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.
Reclaiming #Solar Industry from #China
March 10, 2021
As President Biden’s team conducts a review of critical supply chains, one industry that should not be ignored is solar, which is clearly an industry of the future. This report from the Coalition for a Prosperous America is bang on the money. China used its financial clout to subsidize its essential control of the industry, […]
Microsoft Says Chinese Government-Backed Entity Has Hacked It
March 7, 2021
For years, America’s major technology companies have operated in China but remained completely mum about reports that Chinese state-backed hacking organizations have engaged in cyber attacks against them. Amazon and Apple went to enormous lengths to deny BusinessWeek’s allegations in 2018 that the People’s Liberation Army placed tiny chips on motherboards that were placed in […]
Matt Pottinger and Tiff Roberts Talk about China–It Promises To be Fascinating
March 4, 2021
Great Power Competition: Beijing vs. the Free World Wednesday, March 10 at 6 pm Former Deputy National Security Advisor Matt Pottinger will discuss the new landscape in the great power competition between the U.S. and China, and strategic pitfalls that free countries must avoid. Go here to register. Matt Pottinger is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow […]
President Biden Just Committed “Industrial Policy.” Will Anyone Object? Or Does It Point The Way to Counter China?
March 3, 2021
The United States has had a long and tangled debate about the term “industrial policy,” which is a codeword for asking, what is the proper relationship between the federal government and private industry? The Biden Administration has just exercised industrial policy in a most forceful manner. Officials reached out to the pharmacetical company Merck, which […]
An Important OPC Event on March 18–How Will Biden and Xijinping Handle the Taiwan issue?
February 25, 2021
I organized this event and will moderate. See details here.
Is Artificial Intelligence Empowering the Hackers?
February 25, 2021
I would not ordinarily promote an advertisement, but this one from a company called DarkTrace, on an email to subscribers from the MIT Technology Review, is so alarming and revealing I feel compelled to share it. The Chinese and Russians must be using AI tools to attack American computer systems, as revealed by the SolarWinds […]
