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Stanley Chao

Stanley Chao

Stanley Chao is the author of “Selling to China” (2018) and managing director for All In Consulting, assisting companies in their China business strategies. He has lived and worked in China for over 20 years. Twitter @stanleychao6. 

China bashing, which has intensified ahead of the US presidential election, is shortsighted, undermines justified criticism of China and, critically, distracts from America’s real challenges.

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A US pull-out will leave China the most powerful player in developing and setting standards for the leading open-source chip technology, disadvantaging American companies and giving Chinese firms a critical boost.

Amid delays, higher costs and worker complaints, one wonders if TSMC’s plans in Arizona are anything other than an effort to stay in the US’ good graces.

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With its home-grown passenger jet, Comac is trying to break into a long-standing aviation duopoly, while China hopes to turn a unipolar world order into a more multipolar one.

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The US may have overplayed it in coercing allies such as Japan and the Netherlands to join the sanctions, which will cost their companies and risk China’s economic wrath.

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Although Joe Biden’s tech sanctions have set back China’s bid to achieve chip independence, it would not be wise to count the Chinese out. More likely, the contest for chip supremacy will have no clear-cut winners, while consumers everywhere pay more for less.