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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.
The Massive Cyber Strike: What Must be Done
December 21, 2020
In view of the amazingly sophisticated and persistent Russian attack on our nation’s computer systems, I agree with this opinion piece in today’s Wall Street Journal that the U.S. government must integrate its cyber defensive and offensive capabilities. We can’t accept a piecemeal approach. The real challenge, however, extends beyond government. Private sector networks have […]
Good-bye Zoom
December 19, 2020
This article in the Washington Post quotes federal prosecutors as alleging that a China-based executive of Zoom is the key liaison to the Chinese government and has been active in implementing the government’s wishes to censor Zoom calls and shut down accounts. There have been suspicions about this but this is the first time there […]
The speech that’s rattling China-watchers
December 10, 2020
A leading Chinese professor gave a speech in China on live television in which he bragged about being able to fool foreigners and how China’s $3 trillion in foreign exchange reserves could be used to achieve power. And he also hinted darkly that China has friends at the top of the American financial establishment who […]
Nikkei article completely supports our National Interest piece on Chinese penetration of U.S. computer systems
December 7, 2020
This article in Japan’s Nikkei completely supports the piece that Mike McLaughlin and I published a week ago in the National Interest. The Chinese government is using tax software to penetrate the computing systems of foreign companies operating in China, giving them the ability to penetrate the corporate global networks.
Is China Seeking a Permanent, Secretive Presence in America’s Computers?
November 30, 2020
The answer appears to be “yes.” See my article co-authored with Michael McLaughlin, senior counterintelligence adviser to the Pentagon’s CyberCommand, here.
American Tech Companies Face China-related Issues
November 23, 2020
This piece in the New York Times explains how Intel and Nvidia sell semiconductors to a middleman in China who then sells them to authorities running the largest surveillance operation in the world against the Uighur minority population. Some even call it genocide. The fact that President Xi Jinping has declared a “military-civil fusion” means […]
