Episode 171 — An Intra-west Debate

Ben and James discuss the U.S.-China trade war and the fundamental issues facing both countries generally and tech specifically.

Links

• Ben Thompson: China, Leverage, and Values — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2019/china-leverage-and-values)

• We Were Pirates, Too — Foreign Policy (foreignpolicy.com/2012/12/06/we-were-pirates-too)

• How China Uses High-Tech Surveillance to Subdue Minorities — New York Times (nytimes.com/2019/05/22/world/asia/china-survei…)

• Ben Thompson: The Pollyannish Assumption — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2017/the-pollyannish-assumption)

• Ben Thompson: More on Values (and Facebook) — Stratechery Daily Update (stratechery.com/2019/huawei-loses-arm-more-on-…)

• Ben Thompson: Open, Closed, and Privacy — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2018/open-closed-and-privacy)

Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson (twitter.com/benthompson), Stratechery (stratechery.com)

• James Allworth, @jamesallworth (twitter.com/jamesallworth), Harvard Business Review (hbr.org/search?term=James+Allworth&sort=po…)

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