Editor’s note for Tuesday, August 18, 2020
A note from the editor of today's The China Project Access newsletter.
My thoughts today:
TikTok is a rather American company, according to Eli Binder and Katrina Northrop writing in The Wire China: โByteDance is owned, in large part, by American and Japanese investors, including the endowment funds of Ivy League universities, which stand to make a fortune on any sale. It is, in many ways, an American-backed company.โ
My takeaway: Decoupling is going to hurt a lot of people all over the world, including many who have no idea that their pension plans have a connection to U.S.-China relations.
Our words of the dayย are political zombieย and mafia boss: ๆฟๆฒปๅตๅฐธ zhรจngzhรฌ jiฤngshฤซ, and ้ปๅธฎ่ๅคง hฤibฤng lวodร โ see story 2.
Finally, a plug: The China Project Womenโs Conference is going virtual this year and will be held on September 9 and 10. ACCESS members can attend the conference portion on September 9 for free and can get a 60% discount on tickets to the gala portion on September 10. Use the promo code WC20ACCESS when registering to receive your The China Project Access benefits.
โJeremy Goldkorn, Editor-in-Chief
