As the U.S. government intensifies its scrutiny of Huawei and ZTE, many challenges now abound for rural Americans and the small wireless carriers that both serve and rely upon equipment from the two Chinese telecom giants. Recent FCC orders,...
December 7, 2020
| Scott Kennedy From Trustee China Hand Today our program is issuing a video report, China’s Stalled Aircraft Dreams, which documents China’s failed efforts over many decades to develop their own commercial aircraft.
Adapting to the global economic and workplace realignment triggered by Covid-19, VC investments throughout 2020 have focused on e-commerce, artificial intelligence, education and health tech, cloud migration and blockchain.
By centering geostrategic concerns as their primary motivating factor rather than corruption, the United States’ sanctions against the Union Development Group in Cambodia may violate the spirit of the Global Magnitsky Act.
November 24, 2020 From Strategic Technologies Blog Technological competition between the U.S. and China is growing, and some degree of decoupling is inevitable. However, if not properly managed, decoupling could have negative impacts on the U.S. as well as China.
November 19, 2020 From The Latest on Southeast Asia To keep their economies afloat during the Covid-19 pandemic, most Southeast Asian countries have adopted aggressive fiscal and monetary stimulus policies. But not all stimulus programs are created equal.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) adopted the General Proposal at its 5th plenum in late October, and the full plan will be adopted in March at the next annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC). But before getting overly focused on the future, let’s reflect...
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites have promising yet underused applications for environmental monitoring. With a new licensing rule from the Department of Commerce, the stage is set for a significant boon to SAR and the Earth observation industry.
Screening foreign investments has assumed new importance in the international order where economic security has become an integral part of national security. To that end,...
November 4, 2020 From The Latest on Southeast Asia As a region, Southeast Asia has fared relatively well in keeping coronavirus cases low, with the notable exceptions of the Philippines and Indonesia. However, national economies across the region have struggled to stay afloat as countries underwent quarantine and lockdown...
With four days until Myanmar’s general elections, many international observers and opposition parties doubt that the polls will be conducted freely and fairly. These concerns echo those raised during the previous elections in 2015 regarding violence in border states and...
