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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.
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 […]
Event on Future of Hong Kong Media
November 21, 2020
I’m excited to announce I’ll be co-moderating a video session with Chris Leung, head of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, with Ian Williams of the Foreign Press Association. It’s at 10 a.m. this coming Monday, Nov, 23. Go here to register.
Hong Kong: An Insider’s View
November 20, 2020
From my one-time protege at Business Week, a most authoritative view of what is happening inside Hong Kong. The Chinese strategy is clearly to use business and economic incentives to overwhelm any political opposition or resistance.
Have We Started a Tech Disengagement with China?
November 16, 2020
It seems we are headed down the slippery slope of a technology dis-engagement between the United States and China. If you add up all the threads, it seems both governments are organizing themselves to prevent each other’s companies and enterprises from sharing too much technology or too much investment. The logic seems so powerful that […]
ChinaFile Offers Smashing New Insights on How China Surveils Its Own People
November 2, 2020
My key question is, if this is the pattern they have established at home, are they using the same techniques and methodologies internationally? The Communist Party’s doctrine seems to have evolved to the point that not only is the party completely dominant inside China, but it also has the right to assert its supremacy globally. […]
