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Elon’s "Place" in US-China Relations

Elon Musk has become the focal point of US-China relations once again. The Wall Street Journal reported a couple of weeks ago that Tesla’s will be banned from military and some state government employees in China for fear of spying. Elon responded one

Topics: EVs• Self-Driving• Tesla•

December 20, 2020: Rituals

Hello Interconnected Readers: I have been heads down writing and publishing the four-part “Global by Nature” series, so I’ve neglected the Interconnected Weekly issue for many weeks -- breaking a ritual. Thus, the six stories commentary you will find below -- three from

Topics: Tesla• RISC-V• TSMC•

September 20, 2020: Unreliable Entity List, RISC-V, TSMC, Tesla in China

This issue covers the period between September 14 - September 20, 2020 with six news stories – three from English language sources, three from Chinese language sources. Disclaimer: all translated article titles are done by me, not official translations from the media outlets. Before you

Topics: Tesla• China• Semiconductor•

Tesla, China, the “Tech Cold-War”

Tesla may well be the biggest driver of China’s journey towards technological self-reliance, as the “Tech Cold War” between the U.S. and China deepens. This observation wasn’t obvious to me until I listened (three times) to Elon Musk’s Q&