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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.
China is becoming increasingly sophisticated in its efforts to undermine the American election
April 2, 2024
This is not some fringe theory. This is in the august pages of the New York Times. Its lead sentence pretty much says it all: “Covert Chinese accounts are masquerading online as American supporters of former President Donald J. Trump, promoting conspiracy theories, stoking domestic divisions and attacking President Biden ahead of the election in November…” […]
Tony, the Chinese already are interfering in America’s domestic politics
March 19, 2024
Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave a noble speech in Seoul yesterday warning that a “flood” of disinformation was threatening the world’s democracies, fueled in part by the rise of Artificial Intelligence. The New York Times speculates that he is most worried about the U.S. elections in November. But the war over the integrity of […]
TikTok is proving that China interferes in domestic U.S. politics
March 8, 2024
The fact that TikTok launched a massive blitz among its 170 million American users to halt enactment of legislation emerging from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party is proof that China has no qualms about seeking to influence American decision-making. TikTok actively misled its users by saying the legislation would prevent them […]
Oh, how the tides of time have changed America’s debate about Japan
February 4, 2024
Clyde Prestowitz was labeled a “Japan basher” by some in the American media and political world but we at Business Week looked at him as a leading intellectual voice on Japan’s mounting economic challenges to U.S. technological leadership. Thirty years ago, he (and I) would have advocated against Nippon Steel being able to buy U.S. […]
The Asia Times Gives Battlefield Cyber a Positive Review
December 21, 2023
As seen here.
