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The Geopolitical Fight Over Huawei

On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Yangyang Cheng on how Huawei became one of China’s most powerful companies.

Paris Marx

July 3, 2025

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The Geopolitical Fight Against Huawei | Tech Won’t Save Us
byThe Nation Magazine

Paris Marx is joined by Yangyang Cheng to discuss how Huawei became one of the most powerful companies in China and how current geopolitical narratives distract from the issues at the heart of surveillance capitalism in the US and China.

Yangyang Cheng is a Research Scholar in Law and Fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center.

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Paris Marx is joined by Yangyang Cheng to discuss how Huawei became one of the most powerful companies in China and how current geopolitical narratives distract from the issues at the heart of surveillance capitalism in the US and China.

Yangyang Cheng is a research scholar in law and fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center.

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Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein w/ Tim Schwab | Tech Won’t Save Us
byThe Nation Magazine

Paris Marx is joined by Tim Schwab to discuss the evolving story of Bill Gates and his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, as well as the issues that arise from allowing billionaires to use philanthropy to push personal political agendas and launder their reputations.

Tim Schwab is the author of The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire

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Paris MarxParis Marx is a tech critic and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.


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