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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.
My star speaker at the OPC Foundation luncheon
March 2, 2020
Clare Baldwin, a special correspondent for Reuters based in Hong Kong, knocked the ball out of the park in these comments to the Overseas Press Club Foundation luncheon on Feb. 28.
Should American Business Care About U.S. National Security?
February 18, 2020
A very important conversation needs to start happening. American military, intelligence and security officials are recognizing that China is intent on dominating technologies of the future and that because of its “military-civilian fusion,” the increasingly fused Chinese party-state-military apparatus will use those technologies both for commercial and military gains around the world. Yet American CEOs […]
Justice Department Identifies Chinese Military Unit as Being Responsible for Equifax Hack
February 10, 2020
Once again, Chinese hackers are displaying very high levels of sophistication. When will we choose to stop allowing these things to happen? Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 10, 2020 Chinese Military Personnel Charged with Computer Fraud, Economic Espionage and Wire Fraud for Hacking into Credit Reporting Agency Equifax […]
Barr worried about Chinese “dominance” in telecoms
February 6, 2020
1 / 8 Justice Department China Attorney General William Barr gives the keynote address to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS China Initiative Conference, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) More WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr waded into ongoing diplomatic tensions between the United States and China on Thursday, […]
How China is using data to control and shape populations–outside China.
January 30, 2020
This report from an Australian think tank is stunning. The Chinese have developed enormous data management capabilities and are using them to not only control its own population but to extend Communist Party influence around the world. They are going global in their efforts to monitor and shape the world’s communications.
The Interior Department Suspends Its Use of Chinese-Made Drones
January 30, 2020
This is a new front in the emerging technological showdown between the United States and China. I’ve heard DJI executives make promises at conferences that their drones cannot transmit any information back to China, but it’s obvious the Department of Interior does not believe them. Think how strategically valuable information about critical infrastructure such as […]
