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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.
Did the Chinese Beat Trump?
December 13, 2019
The details are still not clear, but it appears to me that the Chinese outlasted and outmaneuvered President Trump, who once declared that trade wars are easy to win. The agreement, as much as we know of it, postpones the imposition of new tariffs on the last tranche of Chinese goods in exchange for tens […]
China Moves into Central America
December 4, 2019
While we either ignore or bully Central America, China is moving in, big time. This from Reuters: WORLD NEWS DECEMBER 3, 2019 / 12:11 PM / UPDATED A DAY AGO China signs on for ‘gigantic’ investment in El Salvador infrastructure Nelson Renteria 2 MIN READ El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele talks to China’s Premier Li […]
NSA Is Moving Too Slowly on Cloud Computing
December 4, 2019
We learned a full year ago from the Department of Justice that state-affiliated Chinese hacking group, APT10, had penetrated the cloud computing systems of major U.S. technology companies. The Wall Street Journal identified the companies as IBM and HPE, an offshoot of Hewlett-Packard. IBM was quoted as saying it found no evidence of the hacking. […]
Tom Friedman’s Insight on China Relationship
November 29, 2019
Tom Friedman had pretty strong insights into the U.S.-China relationship in his most recent column, written from Singapore. “China is not our economic competitor, economic partner, source of talent and capital, geopolitical rival, collaborator and serial rule-breaker. It is not our enemy or our friend. “The only effective way to manage a relationship this complex […]
One of the hottest issues in U.S.-Chinese relations: How American Tech Companies Are Supporting a Police State
November 27, 2019
This issue has lain dormant but with each passing day, as evidence mounts of the extensive nature of China’s use of technology to repress, the chances are increasing that American companies are going to have to face up to the fact that their technology is supporting suppression. Shareholders, the media, activist groups and others could […]
China’s Technology Theft Inside the United States: A New Wrinkle From The Wall Street Journal
November 18, 2019
U.S. Struggles to Stem Chinese Efforts to Recruit Scientists Officials see indictment against University of Kansas professor, who says he is falsely accused, as a possible prosecution blueprint The Department of Justice has charged a professor at the University of Kansas with defrauding the government by failing to disclose he had allegedly taken a position […]
