US-China tech & national security reporter at Bloomberg; ex WSJ; ex HK, Macau, SG /
kokeeffe9@bloomberg.net / kathryn.okeeffe@proton.me / signal +1 202 412 9274
Aug 16, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
NEW: The U.S. has identified China as a top national-security threat. But a Commerce Dept-led process that reviews tech exports to the country approves almost all requests & has overseen a rise in sales of some especially important tech, trade data shows wsj.com/articles/u-s-a…
Of the U.S.’s total $125 billion in exports to China in 2020, officials required a license for less than half a percent, Commerce Department data shows. Of that fraction, the agency approved 94%, or 2,652, applications for technology exports to China.
Dec 2, 2021 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
The competition between the U.S. and China for science and tech talent is fierce, and ethnically Chinese scientists living here are tragically in the crosshairs. 1/x
The Chinese Communist Party disproportionately targets them, viewing them as state resources regardless of their nationalities or desires, and the U.S. government tries to counter those efforts, sometimes failing quite counterproductively. 2/x
Dec 9, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
That interview is awful but why does it lead you to this conclusion? I don't speak Chinese & haven't lived on the mainland (tho I wish I could and had). Do I have little to offer? Should I quit my job? And what about next generation who might never be able to get visa to China?
The exclusivity among many "China hands," even ones I otherwise greatly admire, is counterproductive & would have discouraged me had I listened. The world will be better off the more ppl are encouraged to learn, whether or not they can meet a predetermined standard set by elites
