China 21

Tai Ming Cheung, Mikko Huotari and Barry Naughton unpack the China factor in the case of the U.S. government’s protection of Qualcomm, and discuss what kind of tools and policies will emerge as the rules of engagement in international investment and technological competition continue to become murky and fraught with geopolitical tensions. Dr. Barry Naughton is one of America’s most highly respected economists working on China. He holds the Sokwanlok Chair on Chinese International Affairs at UC San Diego School of Global Policy & Strategy (or GPS) Dr. Tai Ming Cheung is an Associate Professor at GPS, and the director of Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, based here at UC San Diego. He leads IGCC’s Minerva project on The Evolving Relationship Between Technology and National Security in China. Mikko Huotari is Head of the Geoeconomics and International Security Program at the Mercator Institute of China Studies (MERICS) in Berlin, Europe's largest independent think tank dedicated to research on co