How would you react if the government put facial recognition cameras everywhere and kept tabs on your every move—right down to how many squares of toilet paper you are using?
It’s happening in China, as the communist government there clamps down on freedom and ramps up its economic and territorial ambitions in its quest to become the dominant player on the world stage.
Much of that ambition is predicated on rampant theft of intellectual property—largely from the United States. It’s the ransom required to do business for many companies in China.
We don’t have a coherent plan to stop them from stealing our technological superiority, but we need one right away. Listen in as Heritage Foundation scholar Riley Walters and American Foreign Policy Council founder Herman Pirchner join me to examine these major threats and how the U.S. can deal with them effectively.
