US experts have come to believe that China has become a competitor and may become an adversary. Illustration: Craig Stephens
Opinion
Opinion
Robert Lawrence Kuhn
Is ZTE ban the start of a tech war between China and the US?
Robert Lawrence Kuhn says the dispute over ZTE and the related issues of trade and technology are worrying for the more fundamental problem they point to: misunderstanding on both sides of the other’s motives
Robert Lawrence Kuhn is a public intellectual, international corporate strategist and investment banker, and a China political/economics commentator featured on the BBC, CNN, Bloomberg. For more than 25 years, he has worked with China’s leaders. He has published over 30 books, including How China’s Leaders Think (featuring President Xi Jinping), and The Man Who Changed China: The Life and Legacy of Jiang Zemin. He is the host of Closer to China with R.L.Kuhn on CCTV News.