268: Robert Spalding | How China Took Over America

5G Dominance

China's ambition to dominate the 5G landscape is reshaping the technological world. Robert Spalding explains that unlike the 4G era, where smartphones were the primary platform, 5G integrates the network and computing into one platform, allowing for seamless interaction without devices 1. This shift enables Chinese tech giants like Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent to thrive, as they can leverage the vast data collected to influence behavior and control the narrative 1.

The kind of influence that I'm talking about that's pervasive throughout the 5G world is something that you will never see because your kid won't get into a college that they had applied for, but nobody ever tells you why.

--- Robert Spalding

The pervasive influence of 5G technology extends to social control, where algorithms can determine one's opportunities based on their perceived "citizenship" status as defined by the Chinese Communist Party 2.

   

Stealth Tactics

China's approach to data collection is both strategic and covert, aiming to suppress freedoms that threaten its regime. Spalding highlights how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses technology to create a "harmonious world" by controlling information and limiting freedoms like speech and religion 3. This strategy is rooted in the CCP's belief that universal freedoms undermine their authority, as outlined in internal documents like Document Number Nine 3.

Universal freedoms are not really about that's the right way that people should live. It is really designed to destroy the Chinese Communist Party.

--- Robert Spalding

The concept of "Unrestricted Warfare" further illustrates China's use of non-traditional methods to exert influence globally, employing economic and technological tactics to achieve dominance without direct military confrontation 4.