Trump targets China’s tech companies over security: Aviation giant is next

Trump targets China’s tech companies over security: Aviation giant is next

FPI / October 22, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes The U.S. has been providing long overdue reciprocity to China over the last four years. It’s been mostly trade-based over the first three years, with tariffs as the main tool. However over the last year it has turned more clinical, systematically taking a scalpel to specific […]

Trump moves to counter China’s weaponization of its rare-earth advantage

Trump moves to counter China’s weaponization of its rare-earth advantage

FPI / October 11, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes The U.S. is reliant on adversarial nations like Russia and China for a lot of its vital rare earth mineral needs. Some of these materials are even used in technology that is needed for oil and gas extraction. A lot of harm could be wrought on […]

About time: U.S. aggressively standing up to Chinese technology threats

About time: U.S. aggressively standing up to Chinese technology threats

FPI / October 1, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes The U.S. continues to be guns drawn against foreign technological threats and has taken impressive action lately against several Chinese companies. After trying to balance defending U.S. interests with just enough tact to not be incendiary, it appears the Trump administration has opted for direct, unbridled […]

India’s banning of Chinese tech represents a strong opportunity for the U.S.

India’s banning of Chinese tech represents a strong opportunity for the U.S.

FPI / September 9, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes India is instituting a crackdown on Chinese technology that makes U.S. President Donald Trump’s action look friendly in comparison. India took a page out of the Trump administration’s recent executive order to ban U.S. transactions with Chinese companies Tencent and ByteDance (expelling massively popular TikTok in […]

U.S. investors alert: The ‘Netflix of China’ is under investigation for fraud

U.S. investors alert: The ‘Netflix of China’ is under investigation for fraud

FPI / August 21, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes Luckin Coffee, a Chinese company listed in the U.S. was once worth nearly $13 billion before it was unearthed that half of its sales, some $300 million, was fraudulent. The stock plummeted well over 90 percent and decimated U.S. investors. This isn’t an isolated incident. Chinese […]

About time: Chinese firms will be forced to adhere to U.S. accounting standards

About time: Chinese firms will be forced to adhere to U.S. accounting standards

FPI / August 12, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes The Trump administration has followed through on a key and far overdue promise to mandate stringent U.S. accounting rules for Chinese companies that trade in U.S. markets. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin made the recommendation to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week, and it’s fully […]

China hints at ‘Black Swan event’: Failure of Three Gorges Dam could kill millions in Wuhan, Yichang

China hints at ‘Black Swan event’: Failure of Three Gorges Dam could kill millions in Wuhan, Yichang

FPI / July 27, 2020 Analysis by Jason Orestes “Made in China” already doesn’t have the strongest connotation associated with it, and it appears this may even apply to mainland Chinese infrastructure. China has upped spending on dams in the last several years to combat flooding, namely on the Yangtze River: the longest river in […]

‘Disappeared’: The disturbing way China treats its dissenters and whistleblowers

‘Disappeared’: The disturbing way China treats its dissenters and whistleblowers

FPI / July 20, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes What China doesn’t like, it assumes control over. If you say something the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) disapproves of, you often end up just disappearing or fleeing the country. It’s not unheard of at all for people who speak out against communist policy to just go […]

Allies belatedly join U.S. in opposing China’s Huawei 5G security threat

Allies belatedly join U.S. in opposing China’s Huawei 5G security threat

FPI / July 16, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes After being essentially the only power standing up to the Chinese threat of Huawei 5G expansion, America is finally getting some much overdo solidarity from its allies. The Trump administration has repeatedly sounded the alarm that Huawei is not to be trusted and is effectively an […]

The changing U.S.-China-Russia military balance has little to do with budgets

The changing U.S.-China-Russia military balance has little to do with budgets

FPI / July 1, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes Conventional analysis of the world’s militaries always places the U.S. at the top, and by a wide margin. The most common measure is defense spending, a metric by which the U.S. is so far and away number one it looks like it’s not even a contest. […]