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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.
Trump’s Disastrous German Moves
June 7, 2020
I realize that all of our attention is focused on Covid, China and domestic racial relations at the moment, but every once in a while, we have to stop to examine something that our president is doing on the world stage that will have lasting negative impact. By unilaterally ordering the withdrawal of 9,500 American […]
Biblo-fiend interviews me on The New Art of War–from Cambodia
June 5, 2020
Biblio-fiend, which evaluates and recommends books it finds worthwhile, discovered The New Art of War and reached out to interview me–from Cambodia. Apologies for the herky-jerky nature of the pandemic-era video. My laptop was literally on my lap. But the content is most interesting. See it here.
Cracking Down on Chinese Theft of U.S. Intellectual Property
June 3, 2020
This legislation, as described in the following article from today’s Wall Street Journal, might prove to be helpful depending on how well it is implemented. But it does not appear likely to stop all patterns of IP theft that I describe in my book, “The New Art of War: China’s Deep Strategy Inside the Unied […]
An interview with Hong Kong democracy leader Martin Lee
June 3, 2020
From Squeeze to Squash, China’s latest assault on Hong Kong’s Rights with Martin Lee Thursday, June 4, 11:00 a.m. ET The OPC and the Foreign Press Association invite you to join them for a Zoom discussion with Martin Lee. Beijing’s latest move against human rights involves President Xi ripping up the Sino-British accord on which has […]
Chinese government picks up the “new Cold War” theme
May 25, 2020
According to AFP, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters in Beijing that, “It has come to our attention that some political forces in the US are taking China-US relations hostage and pushing our two countries to the brink of a new Cold War.” As a student of Chinese propaganda, it’s interesting that the Council on […]
New York Times: “Cold War” With China is “Threatened”
May 18, 2020
This article by Chris Buckley and Steven Lee Myers is an excellent assessment of the mounting points of friction between the United States and Chinese governments–blame for the pandemic, trade, technology, espionage and China’s grab for the South China Sea. “The bitter recriminations have plunged relations between China and the United States to a nadir, […]
