Expert on China
Appearances
To Catch a Thief: China’s Rise to Cyber Supremacy
Ep 9: The New Frontline
Every time we've tried to block another country from getting a technology, all it's done is incentivize them. And this is the fourth or fifth time. So you don't win through export controls.
To Catch a Thief: China’s Rise to Cyber Supremacy
Ep 9: The New Frontline
I don't negotiate for the U.S. government, but I will occasionally ask questions that the U.S. government has asked me to ask. And the answer was no, we're not interested. Some of these are people I've known for a long time, and they had a good point. It's like, look, five years from now, 10 years from now, we're going to be much stronger than you. So why should we make a deal with you now?
To Catch a Thief: China’s Rise to Cyber Supremacy
Ep 9: The New Frontline
Because we'll have a better hand to play five years from now.
To Catch a Thief: China’s Rise to Cyber Supremacy
Ep 9: The New Frontline
I used to think that the Chinese had an advantage because when they showed up, they never brought lawyers. We, of course, had thousands or even millions of lawyers with us. It's like, geez. One time I said, the worst thing we could do to you people is teach you to do this rule of law stuff.
To Catch a Thief: China’s Rise to Cyber Supremacy
Ep 9: The New Frontline
So the Chinese will be cautious about attacking us, very cautious, but they may not be so cautious in attacking Taiwan if the Taiwanese forget the request to not declare independence.
To Catch a Thief: China’s Rise to Cyber Supremacy
Ep 9: The New Frontline
Well, it's the Uyghurs, it's Tibetans with the Dalai Lama, it's Falun Gong, the democracy movement, and then finally Taiwanese independence.