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January 29 , 2018
  • Quartz：The Trump team's idea to counter China with nationalized 5G is just what China would do
    Quartz reports: "The Trump administration is worried about China—its trade policies, its expansionism, and its growing technological prowess. After imposing tariffs and blocking tech acquisitions by China, the White House is reportedly mulling something much bigger: a nationalized next-generation wireless network to contain China. A memo obtained by news outlet Axios from a National Security Council official in the Trump administration proposes the US government should take over the work of deploying a 5G network, with the aim of getting it done within three years. One key reason to do this, the document states, is a fear of China advancing in artificial intelligence faster than the United States. 'Data is the oil of the 21's century and China has built the world's largest reserve,' the memo reads. 'Building a nationwide secure 5G network sets the condition for future success in the information domain. Not building the network puts us at a permanent disadvantage to China in the information domain'... China's telecom industry remains subject to some market competition despite the state's involvement. But it's still more tightly controlled than the US's right now. Nationalizing a 5G rollout would mean the US is following the lead of China. That won't necessarily fend China off."
  • The New York Times：At Davos, the Real Star May Have Been China, Not Trump
    The New York Times reports: "President Trump used the World Economic Forum meeting to woo investors and business leaders by reassuring them that 'America first does not mean America alone.' But it was clear in Davos, Switzerland, this past week that geopolitical momentum lay with Beijing, not Washington. At one end of town, President Michel Temer of Brazil welcomed an unexpected offer from Beijing for Latin American nations to work closely with a Chinese initiative, known as the Belt and Road, intended to spread its economic and diplomatic influence abroad. At the other end of town, a senior Chinese diplomat helped introduce the prime minister of Pakistan at a breakfast meeting. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi used his talk to praise the rapidly expanding Chinese investments in his country, including to build power stations and a large port. One of the best-attended speeches at the forum was that of Liu He, a member of China's ruling Politburo, who promoted the Belt and Road initiative, also known as One Belt, One Road. Participants here said the Chinese initiative was already rivaling more established, traditionally American-led, international institutions."
  • The Hill：Is China's global hegemony a foregone conclusion?
    The Hill comments: "The world is going backwards into the future — the latest evidence being the new National Defense Strategy (NDS), which anticipates a possible great power transition from the United States to China. There are two components of the new release: one is an unclassified synopsis that is 11 pages long and is available to the public, the other is a much longer (and presumably detail-oriented) report that will remain classified for the foreseeable future. What is most notable about the NDS is that it avoids the militant-like nationalism of the National Security Strategy (NSS) that was released in December (there is no mention of 'America First'), and it states in very clear terms that the United States remains committed to maintaining 'a free and open international order.' What does the DOD mean by 'order'? In the field of international relations, the terms 'revisionist state' and 'status quo state' are used to describe, respectively, countries that seek to change the current international system and those that uphold it. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the international system has been defined by American hegemony and the spread of Western liberal democracy rather than its challengers — notably, fascism and socialism. This is commonly referred to as the liberal world order... With China now poised to reclaim its previous spot in world history as a global hegemon, the proverbial clock is turning back. And that appears to be the reason why the DOD is serious about America being in the business of world order maintenance."
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