On the front page of today’s New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/technology/ai-elections-democracy.html?searchResultPosition=1 It can no longer be denied or ignored–Artificial Intelligence, whether used by China and Russia or domestic players, is having a negative impact on the very concept of democracy. The Big Tech billionaires rushing to create ever more powerful AI tools are doing it for […]…
Topic: China
How Will The Void in U.S.-Chinese Relations Be Filled?
I went to a Chinese New Year’s bash that the Hong Kong government put on last night in Manhattan and, amid the tinkle of champagne glasses, got a dose of what Hong Kong and China are thinking about President Trump. The new president has named Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad as his new ambassador to China […]…
The World Is Looking For a Signal From America
More than any presidential campaign in my lifetime, this election next week is going to have a dramatic impact around the world, not just in the U.S. of A. One basic question the Chinese and others are asking is, does American democracy work? Look at how fundamentally indecent and contentious it has become. If we […]…
Was It All a China Bubble?
The markets and investors are rattled by a downturn in global trade and by a sharp decline in China’s exports. My answer: the world has been riding on China’s bubble for more than two decades but now the Chinese are shifting gears. The net result is the entire world is being affected by developments in […]…
China Watchers: Reform Is Over
The mainstream of China watchers are finally beginning to face up to the fact that President Xi Jinping is determined to impose a very different political and economic model on his country than what many in the West had hoped for. In this very fine piece for China File, Thomas Kellogg of the Open Air Foundations […]…
