South China Morning Post Wednesday, April 25,2018 All | I ° 0 t h Older people still in the workplace Robert Lawrence Kuhn says the ZTE showdown points to a misunderstanding over motives they have come to believe, has become a competitor and may become an adversary, and that US relations with China mustnow Paul Yip says measures to ensure s someone who works for US- President XiJinping has been prescient form joint ventures and transfer knowl- be managed as with an emergent adver- x . China understanding and about domestic control of core technol- edge, as well as license technology with _ sary, not as with a developing partner. Hong Kong retirees remain active roots for US-China partner- __ ogies, especially related to the internet and _ below-market terms and conditions, while In China, nationalistic voices are on the through employment may hel; ships,I'vebeen concerned, but more recently to artificial intelligence. _ the state supports Chinese enterprises in rise, castigating the US for its self-serving ugh employm 'y help not worried, over what others Since taking office in 2012, he has stressed _ acquiring foreign hi-tech assets, and sanc- _ motivationto ape China's rise, and call- prevent poverty and partially offset have called “a looming trade war”. I'venot _ the “hidden risks” that come with core _ tions commercial cyber theft. ing for China to become more self-reliant, . we . worried because tariffs don’twork;theyare technologies not being mastereddomesti- President Trump is wildly unpopular more rapidly, especially in world-class the impact of a declining birth rate bluntinstrumentsinaglobalised economy, cally. He said, “Heavy dependence on im- among American elites, especially among semiconductors, so that the country would penalising American companies and ported core technology slike building our _ policy experts, whodonotneed muchofan _notbe vulnerable to US “blackmail”. consumers as much as Chinese. Most _ house on top ofsomeone else's walls: no excu