U.S. And China Resume Trade Talks Amid Dim Prospects For Deal
29Jul
The New York Times

U.S. and China Resume Trade Talks Amid Dim Prospects for Deal

Michael Pillsbury, a China expert at the Hudson Institute, said that leaving more uncertainty in the agreement could foster more trade fights between the world’s two largest economies, particularly given a complex enforcement mechanism the two sides previously agreed to establish to ensure both countries lived up the agreement.
US-China Ties And Taiwan Safety
25Jul
Taipei Times

US-China ties and Taiwan safety

As Michael Pillsbury, a top China expert in the US government, wrote in his book The Hundred-Year Marathon: “I discovered proposals by Chinese hawks to the Chinese leadership to mislead and manipulate American policymakers to obtain intelligence and military, technological and economic assistance... Then China will set up a world order that will be fair to China, a world without American global supremacy, and revise the US-dominated economic and geological world order.”
Lost In Translation? How Verbal Mishaps And Lack Of Chinese-Language Document Threaten US-China Trade Deal
20Jul
Politico

Trump’s method to the madness on trade

Pillsbury, the Trump adviser, said the administration fears not only losing a commercial rivalry — but enabling an Orwellian future in which an authoritarian Beijing controls global surveillance, directs online speech and embeds government control into the very plumbing of the internet.
Peter Thiel: FBI, CIA Must Investigate ‘Treasonous’ Google
15Jul
Breitbart

Peter Thiel: FBI, CIA Must Investigate ‘Treasonous’ Google

In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Chinese policy expert Dr. Michael Pillsbury noted that eight years ago, Google co-founder Sergey brin received praise for refusing to do business with the Chinese government, a decision which now appears to have been completely reversed. “Fast forward eight years and Google has reversed itself, but done so secretly.”
Risks Aside, Trump's Team Sees China Trade Stance As Strength In 2020
11Jul
Reuters

Risks aside, Trump’s team sees China trade stance as strength in 2020

“The biggest accomplishment on the trade talks is getting them (China) back to the table, but there’s no date set and there was no public mention ... that they have taken back any of the ‘reneging,’” said Michael Pillsbury, an outside trade adviser to Trump, adding the concessions were worth it to get talks started.