2025-08-03 Paul Musgrave - the China challenge

The China challenge isn't what American policymakers think it is. It's not primarily about security threats or unfair trade practices—it's about Chinese companies making better products for less money, and winning hearts and minds in the process. ....
... if U.S. policymakers think that the challenge Huawei poses to the United States only relates to the espionage potential of telecoms infrastructure, then a) they are forgetting that the rest of the world also views U.S.-backed companies as threatening on this score and b) they are missing out what it means to live in a world where Chinese firms keep racking up the soft-power wins for Beijing.
https://musgrave.substack.com/p/oh-no-i-betrayed-america