Commentary
China’s arbitrary imprisonment of top business leaders is a self-defeating weakness that can be exploited by the United States and our allies globally.
This strategic failure by Beijing, and all communist societies, is replicated by its allies, including Russia and Venezuela. It could be a fleeting and lucrative window of opportunity for democracies in an era of globalization, which facilitates capital flight and could help the reindustrialization of advanced democracies. But the opportunity could fade just as quickly and arguably already has.
China’s Chip Slip
On March 23, Beijing released Chen Datong, a leading computer chip investor who spent eight months in detention just as China sought to sanction-proof its tech industry with domestically-manufactured semiconductors….