On this episode of ITK Radio, a conversation with Jeff Moon.
Jeff founded China Moon Strategies, LLC, in 2017 after leaving the Obama White House, where he served as Assistant US Trade Representative for China Affairs and previously at the National Security Council.
Jeff has more than three decades of Asia experience, including ten years working in China in both the private and public sectors since his first visit in 1984.
At Cisco Systems and Dolby, he was a Vice President assigned to Beijing, Silicon Valley, and Washington, DC, in roles focused on business in China.
Earlier in his career, Jeff was a US State Department diplomat specializing in China affairs.
He completed assignments to Beijing, Chengdu, Taipei, and Washington to the China Desk and the Economic Bureau.
He was the Acting US Ambassador in Nepal in his final Foreign Service assignment.
Jeff began his career as an attorney at Skadden, Arps in Washington, DC, and graduated from Johns Hopkins University and Columbia Law School.
You can find Jeff on LinkedIn here.
Insights + Ideas:
+ What should Americans know about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)?
+ All Chinese government officials have a CCP rank
+ XI has replaced a lot of the Chinese government apparatus with CCP officials
+ Look for the CCP to ask (demand) for board seats of foreign multinational companies operating in China
+ The CCP took power within the context of imperial tradition - the CCP as "new emperors"
+ China operates equally a long civilization and a new emerging economy
+ Why won't China establish mil-mil (military to military) talks with the US?
+ President Dwight Eisenhower brought a military staffing mindset to his administration
+ Under Eisenhower, the National Security Council (NSC) became the main arm of the US president for formulating and executing policy on military, international, and internal security affairs
+ How US allies are shaping America's foreign policy toward China
+ How China uses imagery, furniture, and symbolism to convey the importance of a meeting with foreign representatives or business leaders
+ The current state of the US-China relationship based on commerce and competition
+ What's the real story of the China-Russia partnership
+ China on the campaign trail during Election 2024
+ Taiwan and related Chinese sovereignty and control is the most important issue
+ China's current sluggish economy and the drive for tech localization
+ China has become prosperous during an era when US-China goals were complimentary
+ The Chinese first instinct is to regulate the economy, not be laissez-faire like the US
