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Five years following strict technology exports bans aimed at Huawei, a Chinese electronics and telecommunications giant, the company is stronger and more profitable than ever. What's more, Huawei and thousands of other companies across China have embraced a "Delete America" strategy from all their supply chains.

Some officials maintain that the bans on Huawei exports and contracting have been successful, however, and point to laws that require US government contractors, the Pentagon, and allied countries to "rip and replace" Huawei gear from communications networks.

However, almost no real progress there has been made, as only a small percentage of US government contractors have made the switch, the Pentagon has asked for and received waivers each year so they do not have to comply, and our allies have flatly refused to replace Huawei telecommunications equipment.

When surveyed, Americans report historic low levels of confidence in our institutions, with corresponding high levels of distrust. Officials promised that tariffs will not lead to higher prices, that national security concerns necessitate banning affordable Chinese electric cars, and that Huawei represents a grave threat to the country. American citizens seem to reject most of those positions, as they continue to buy Chinese-made products in high volumes, and express to pollsters their hope to buy Chinese vehicles. As to Huawei, even the Pentagon and our biggest contractors are sticking with Huawei gear, given more costly alternatives.

Resources and links:
Wall Street Journal, The U.S. Wanted to Knock Down Huawei. It’s Only Getting Stronger.
https://www.wsj.com/business/t....elecom/huawei-china-

The US is moving very, very slowly away from Huawei
https://www.lightreading.com/s....ecurity/the-us-is-mo

Fortune, Even the Pentagon can’t completely freeze Huawei out of its operations
https://fortune.com/asia/2024/....07/03/pentagon-huawe

Bloomberg, Pentagon Has a Huawei Dilemma Congress Doesn’t Want to Solve
https://www.bloomberg.com/news..../articles/2024-07-03

The Economist, America’s trust in its institutions has collapsed
https://www.economist.com/unit....ed-states/2024/04/17

Gallup, Historically Low Faith in U.S. Institutions Continues
https://news.gallup.com/poll/5....08169/historically-l

One Year Later, Even President Biden Admits the “Inflation Reduction Act” Failed to Lower Costs for Americans
https://energycommerce.house.g....ov/posts/one-year-la

Obamacare Has Doubled the Cost of Individual Health Insurance
https://www.heritage.org/healt....h-care-reform/report

America’s campaign to kill Huawei has failed
https://www.afr.com/companies/....telecommunications/a

Bloomberg, China’s Record Trade Surplus Risks Further Straining Ties
https://www.bloomberg.com/news..../articles/2024-07-12

Closing scene, Lhasa, Tibet

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Prof. Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, renowned Kenyan Lawyer, Pan-Africanist and Inspirational & Motivational Speaker, talks about “Making Africa Work for Africans”

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⁣"Rice is our Business" - Ghana

"The skills that you need to wage a liberation struggle are not the same as the skills to run an economy. [African] Liberation leaders failed to pass the baton to those suitable for the task. We need better-qualified people to run our economies."

Ghanaian Economist, George B.N. Ayittey (quoted above) joins Ibrahim Anoba (@Ibrahim_Anoba) to discuss the reasons why he believes Africa has failed in the post-colonial period.

https://www.africanliberty.org (@AfricanLiberty).

The Leiden University Center for Science and Technology Studies CWTS group has new university rankings that add open-data sources to the traditional list of top journals, which were previously the standard.

Common university ranking systems carefully consider research reputation and scholarship, including real-world impact and application. But tens of thousands of scientific and engineering journals are omitted by Western university ranking systems, especially those not written in the English language.

Simply by including the journals in the OpenAlex databases, Chinese universities vault to the top of global rankings for research universities, snagging six of the top nine spots, and ten of the top 20.

Resources and links:

Forbes, China Used More Concrete In 3 Years Than The U.S. Used In The Entire 20th Century [Infographic]
https://www.forbes.com/sites/n....iallmccarthy/2014/12

Nature, Modernizing cement manufacturing in China leads to substantial environmental gains
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00579-3

Graphic, China HSR network since 2008
https://www.reddit.com/r/Urban....ism/comments/1ceda02

CNN, High speed trains are racing across the world. But not in America
https://www.cnn.com/travel/art....icle/high-speed-rail

Sample English-language abstracts of Chinese scholarship in high-speed rail:
Nature, High-speed rail new towns and their impacts on urban sustainable development: a spatial analysis based on satellite remote sensing data
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-024-03337-2

Nature, The impacts of high-speed railway on environmental sustainability: quasi-experimental evidence from China
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-023-02135-6

Nature, The impact of high-speed rail on SO2 emissions—based on spatial difference-in-differences analysis
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-49853-0

High-Speed Rail and Energy Productivity: Evidence from China
https://journals.sagepub.com/d....oi/10.5547/01956574.

Nature, How does the opening of high-speed rail drive energy restructuring? New micro evidence from China
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-024-02622-4

Forbes, A Look Inside Shenzhen's High-Tech Empire
https://www.forbes.com/sites/w....adeshepard/2016/07/1

China’s universities just grabbed 6 of the top 10 spots in one worldwide science ranking – without changing a thing
https://theconversation.com/ch....inas-universities-ju

Methodologies for CWTS Leiden Global University Rankings:
https://open.leidenranking.com..../#:~:text=The%20Leid
and https://www.universiteitleiden.....nl/en/news/2024/01/

Leiden Rankings for 2024
https://www.leidenranking.com/

Closing scene, Hong Kong

Nterini - 0:00
Kokoro - 4:20
Ou Y'an Ye - 7:55
Kanou Dan Yen - 12:07
Fenfo - 15:44
Negue Negue - 20:13
Mama - 23:42
Takamba - 28:01
Bonya - 32:42
Dibi Bo - 35:49
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Fatoumata Diawara is a Malian singer-songwriter and multiple Grammy Award nominee. She received two nominations at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards for Best World Music Album for her album Fenfo and Best Dance Recording for Ultimatum featuring the English band Disclosure.