Now that the U.S. House of Representative investigative report by Chairman Mike Rogers and Ranking Member C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence regarding Huawei and ZTE is out, there is a lot of chatter in the U.S. media. I thought Paula Dwyer of Bloomberg summarized this whole affair the best: What the report lacks is evidence. It also … [Read more...] about Congressional report on Huawei lacks evidence
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Rethinking the Freedom-Innovation Nexus
A lot has been discussed on this blog recently with regards to censorship, most of the discourse so far have revolved around the justice and standards of censorship. I want to take a different but related direction, and discuss yet another myth propagated by the democracy/freedom advocates - the notion that "free" societies are always more innovative than their "non-free" … [Read more...] about Rethinking the Freedom-Innovation Nexus
Noam Chomsky and Tariq Ali with Julian Assange
Blame the gardener
American politicians and media love to blame China for 'stealing' jobs. Following is a pie chart showing Apple's profits and percentage contributions from its global supply chain. Blaming China is like blaming one's gardener for his financial woes. This chart is a true pie in the face to those who have so clouded reality in the American public discourse about trade with … [Read more...] about Blame the gardener
A more positive image
We spend a lot of time on this blog talking about media bias in the West against China. One question is how do you correct it? The video report below reminded me the biggest impact really should come from the Chinese themselves. How? By becoming rich! Let's face it, we humans worship wealth and success. Emotionally, when we see a bum on the street versus when we see a … [Read more...] about A more positive image