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From the Daily Beast, a wowser of a scoop – Berkeley’s $220M Mistake Exposed in Massive Deal With China from the article – “U.C. Berkeley takes the matter of undue foreign government influence seriously,” he said. That much is quite clear. Berkeley can clearly undercut the businessman in selling CCP the rope. Go Golden …
Crash out (2)
update at November 13, 2019 to Crash out -Crash out may not happen. We will find out in January. But the wounding of the British economy is happening as we type, and this piece in Foreign Policy – Chinese Firms Can’t Avoid Being Party Tools – is a good example of how and why …
Crash-out
Or D-Day – Disaster Day – minus 7The original D-Day was salvation for Britain and Europe – even, in its way, for Germany. This one seems less promising.Not much to say anymore. Cue the violins and watch the China moves.Update at April 28 – Aside from the current delay in the …
Macroaggressions
From America Online – Several billionaires have recently criticized the wealth tax proposal of presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). And fellow lawmaker Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has come to her aid. AOC: ‘Y’all, the billionaires are asking for a safe space’But perhaps the billionaires threatened with having to pay taxes almost like the rest …
News: IP theft – no more worries
Just a brief note – the FBI has more than 1,100 China IP theft cases pending against Chinese entities or individuals. Not a typo – 1,100. For American companies not doing business in China – we should not say, no exposure to China – the FBI investigations may still be something of a bulwark …
Shuang Yin Win-Win
Another update at July 24, 2019 – Boris Johnson became Prime Minister today. From the South China Morning Post -Boris Johnson, Britain’s prime minister-designate, said his government would be very “pro-China”, in an interview with a Hong Kong-based Chinese-language broadcaster shortly before he was chosen to succeed Theresa May on Tuesday…Speaking to Phoenix …