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Alan W. Dowd is a Senior Fellow with the American Security Council Foundation, where he writes on the full range of topics relating to national defense, foreign policy and international security. Dowd’s commentaries and essays have appeared in Policy Review, Parameters, Military Officer, The American Legion Magazine, The Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, The Claremont Review of Books, World Politics Review, The Wall Street Journal Europe, The Jerusalem Post, The Financial Times Deutschland, The Washington Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Examiner, The Detroit News, The Sacramento Bee, The Vancouver Sun, The National Post, The Landing Zone, Current, The World & I, The American Enterprise, Fraser Forum, American Outlook, The American and the online editions of Weekly Standard, National Review and American Interest. Beyond his work in opinion journalism, Dowd has served as an adjunct professor and university lecturer; congressional aide; and administrator, researcher and writer at leading think tanks, including the Hudson Institute, Sagamore Institute and Fraser Institute. An award-winning writer, Dowd has been interviewed by Fox News Channel, Cox News Service, The Washington Times, The National Post, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and numerous radio programs across North America. In addition, his work has been quoted by and/or reprinted in The Guardian, CBS News, BBC News and the Council on Foreign Relations. Dowd holds degrees from Butler University and Indiana University. Follow him at twitter.com/alanwdowd.

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Scott Tilley is a Senior Fellow at the American Security Council Foundation, where he writes the “Technical Power” column, focusing on the societal and national security implications of advanced technology in cybersecurity, space, and foreign relations.

He is an emeritus professor at the Florida Institute of Technology. Previously, he was with the University of California, Riverside, Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute, and IBM. His research and teaching were in the areas of computer science, software & systems engineering, educational technology, the design of communication, and business information systems.

He is president and founder of the Center for Technology & Society, president and co-founder of Big Data Florida, past president of INCOSE Space Coast, and a Space Coast Writers’ Guild Fellow.

He has authored over 150 academic papers and has published 28 books (technical and non-technical), most recently Systems Analysis & Design (Cengage, 2020), SPACE (Anthology Alliance, 2019), and Technical Justice (CTS Press, 2019). He wrote the “Technology Today” column for FLORIDA TODAY from 2010 to 2018.

He is a popular public speaker, having delivered numerous keynote presentations and “Tech Talks” for a general audience. Recent examples include the role of big data in the space program, a four-part series on machine learning, and a four-part series on fake news.

He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Victoria (1995).

Contact him at stilley@cts.today.

China's Contempt

Friday, April 5, 2024

Written by Laurence F Sanford, Senior Analyst ASCF

Categories: ASCF Articles

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America has earned the CCP’s contempt by meekly submitting to, accepting, and allowing the CCP to wage unrestricted warfare on the United States with no serious consequences.

See related podcast titled "Decoupling from China."

CCP’s actions include:
1. Theft of intellectual, industrial, and personal data on a scale unmatched in history.
2. Poisoning of America through fentanyl and the Wuhan virus (COVID-19).
3. Contamination of social fabric with TikTok and other social media platforms.
4. Corruption of leaders in politics, Wall Street, industry, academia, media, and Hollywood.

THEFT
China has employed cyber espionage to “cheat and steal on a massive scale,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray. Its hacking program is larger than that of all other nations combined. No industry or organization with trade secrets is safe. Examples of theft include digging up in American farmlands genetically modified seeds that cost billions to develop and the theft of blade coating technology used in gas turbines central to military jet engines. CCP’s foreign minister Zhao Lijian said Mr. Wray was “smearing China” and had a “Cold War Mentality.”

Poisoning
Waging war without engaging in kinetic actions is a fundamental concept of Sun Tzu’s “Art of War.” The ancient book is the blueprint for CCP actions. What better way to win a war without shooting than by poisoning the enemy? Over 100,000 Americans died last year from fentanyl/opioids manufactured and distributed under CCP control. Peter Schweizher’s “Blood Money” describes in detail the malign CCP actions.

And lest we forget, the CCP unleashed the Wuhan Virus (COVID-19) upon the world, causing millions of deaths. Despite CCP denial, the overwhelming evidence points to the virus originating in a joint civilian/military lab in Wuhan, China, developing “gain of function” pathogens partially funded with U.S. tax dollars. No shots were fired, yet millions died; children’s development was arrested, and businesses were impoverished.

Contamination
TikTok and other social media controlled by the CCP are contaminating American culture and values. A Harvard youth poll found that young Americans lack confidence in democracy and are fearful of civil war. Other issues include fear of climate change, the effects of COVID-19, and a sense of hopelessness. The U.S. military can not meet recruitment goals due to the lack of, and ineligibility, of volunteers.

TikTok algorithms lead users down rabbit holes promoting CCP policies and denigrating American civilization. An estimated 170 million Americans, including President Biden, use TikTok, even though U.S. intelligence leaders describe TikTok as a national security threat.

Corruption
American elite leaders, many with Ivy League connections, have enriched themselves through deals with CCP entities. The Biden family has received millions of dollars from CCP entities. Elaine Chao, former Secretary of Transportation under Trump and wife of Senate minority leader Mitch McConnel, has extensive ties to the CCP through her family’s shipping business.

Wall Street firms, such as BlackRock Investments, which has over $10 trillion under management, have financed CCP military complex industries. Walt Disney submits to CCP censorship. Industries give trade secrets for access to the Chinese market. Academia sells its soul for money by accepting 300,000 Chinese and Middle Eastern students.

Summary

Democracies usually deserve the government they get, and America is really getting it from the CCP. Our “green energy” policy of EVs, lithium batteries, solar, and wind power is enriching China and impoverishing America. Wall Street is getting rich by financing China, and Main Street is getting poor. Terrorism is on the rise, and democracy is on the decline. Chinese spy balloons intrude on American airspace. South China Sea islands and atolls are militarized, and freedom of the seas is threatened.

Action

1. Recognize the CCP has declared “unrestricted warfare” on America.
2. Reciprocity should be the foundation for policy with the CCP. If Americans cannot operate in China, then the Chinese should not be able to operate in America.
3. International relations should be based on American interests. If a country/organization is inimical to America, then terminate financial support---no funding for UNRWA, Hamas, or PLO.
4. Invest in the U.S. military and the military-industrial complex.

Peace Through Strength!

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