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In this article I share my thoughts on the question of whether the crisis in Ukraine puts Beijing in a bind. The short answer: not unless the US and its allies make it so. @ACGlobalChina @PointeBello
NEW in IDEAS: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Does Not Put Beijing in a Bind buff.ly/3tm4qF6
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Latest from PB: Beijing Upgrades “China Standard” to “National Development Strategy” Status
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Welcome news indeed. For those interested in a little more background on PRC standards promotion campaign check out @PointeBello brief insight piece from Dec 2019: pointebello.com/insights/chi…
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Happy to share our third PRC tech transfer case study. Kuang Chi is also a great example of MCF in action, a topic which my amazing former @PointeBello colleague @emily_sw1 recently reminded us not to underestimate foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/05…
The third installment of our case studies in PRC tech transfers series is out. The subject is Kuang Chi Group, which was blacklisted by the US Department of Commerce in December 2020. pointebello.com/insights/cas…
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Of potential interest is that BYD is a member of the China Industry Innovation Alliance for Intelligent and Connected Vehicles. Implementing MIC 2025 is in its charter. As well as gathering talent.../1
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Indeed and their “dual circulation” model, which was being highlighted as early as May, suggests that the PRC understands that they can’t cut themselves off completely: pointebello.com/insights/bei…
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The collapse of the Arecibo observatory means that the US is losing ground to the PRC on future discoveries and planetary defense. "Until 2016, Arecibo was the world’s largest filled-aperture telescope in the world, until China’s FAST dethroned it."
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For more context on PRC “reserved interfaces” (aka backdoors) check out this piece: pointebello.com/insights/res…
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“All these facts should leave no doubt that the campaign to hide backdoors in the Chinese government-mandated tax software is part of an industrial espionage scheme masterminded and orchestrated by Beijing.” /1
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While we are here, State Construction Engineering just made the DODs list of "Communist Chinese military companies." Their US subsidiary, China Construction America is currently building the LIRR railway in NY for $1.8 billion.
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Latin America indeed will likely prove a fertile ground for China Standard 2035. For more on this PRC plan check out @PointeBello warning piece about it here pointebello.com/briefs/china… @USCC_GOV @boweconstrictr @ArjunKharpal @EBKania
#Chinese technology is on the rise in #LatinAmerica as the country seeks to set standards and dominate global markets.
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ZPMC is also a major exporter of cranes and port equipment to the US. The presence of ZPMC cranes in US ports presents surveillance risks at key logistical nodes. These cranes are increasingly tapped into ports digital environment. @AlvaradoGA2 @PointeBello
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Beijing is talking up the Digital Silk Road, but there is little commercial weight behind the initiative to date. Read more on why BRI construction and investment may have peaked in my latest for @ChinaBriefJT.
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Happy to see my @PointeBello colleague quoted in this article. Check out his full testimony here: uscc.gov/sites/default/files…
And @PointeBello Dec 2019 article on this very subject: pointebello.com/briefs/china… @EBKania @CNBCi @ArjunKharpal @USCC_GOV
Standards for next-gen technologies have not been set. That's where Beijing sees itself being to exert influence.
If China manages to succeed, it could shape technologies to be like how the CCP wants them. The implications are wide-ranging.
Full story: cnb.cx/3ePQYkO
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.@gtlevesque from @PointeBello: “Despite rapid advances in rolling out new innovation-driven policies, regulations, & financing mechanisms, the PRC remains reliant on foreign innovation systems, particularly the United States & Japan, for what it considers key core technologies.”
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How North Korea fits into China's Belt and Road Initiative northkoreaninsight.com/how-n…
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These are key PLA officers responsible for securing OBOR gateways and India/Central Asian contingency planning. Rong Guiqing attended school in Russia. Liu Xiaowu studied computer science at Manhattan University. His father, Liu Kai, directed the CMC General Office during 1989.
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These are key PLA officers responsible for South China Sea contingency planning. Not just a Navy show. As commander of the Hainan MD (2014-2016), Zhang Jian oversaw aspects of infrastructure development. He subsequently directed the CMC Joint Staff Department Operations Bureau.
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NEW: “We’re concerned he’s all hat and no cattle."
Washington soured on Chinese investment a while ago, but now even states and cities across the U.S. are growing wary after a deal boom failed to deliver jobs and raised national-security concerns
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