Eric Shcmidt made some bold forecast echoing some of this sentiment in a September private VC event.[1]<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/20/eric-schmidt-ex-google-ceo-predicts-internet-split-china.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/20/eric-schmidt-ex-google-ceo-p...</a>
Non paywall version here [0], I have to think some Western governments are looking again at China's internet policies for inspiration. Tim Cook, for one, seems [1] to be encouraging it.<p>[0]: <a href="https://outline.com/8LNkuq" rel="nofollow">https://outline.com/8LNkuq</a>
[1]: <a href="https://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/apple-tim-cook-tech-regulation" rel="nofollow">https://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/apple-tim-cook-tec...</a>
NYTimes is going overdrive cranking out favorable coverage on China the past couple of days. Perhaps NYTimes editors got some reminder from Wall Street that China again needs to be <i>sold</i> to the American public. Since Wall Street dismantled the American workers 30 years ago with NAFTA and China/WTO, it probably felt like it can do it again with the incoming $250B tariff on Chinese imports.<p>Problem is, US is winning, big - China Is Paying for Most of Trump's Trade War, Research Says.
<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-19/china-is-paying-for-most-of-trump-s-trade-war-research-says" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-19/china-is-...</a>