Steve Yates (葉望輝)

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Senior research fellow for China & nat sec @Heritage. Pod host: @NSwithYates on @iheartradio. Former WH deputy national security advisor to the VP.

heritage.org/staff/steve-ya… Joined April 2011

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Steve Yates (葉望輝) @SteveYates Jun 5

My sincere thanks to @HouseForeignGOP for inviting me to address this topic of great policy and personal importance.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Majority Verified account @HouseForeignGOP Jun 5

“In October of 2023, our family joined the growing circle of American families devastated by fentanyl.”

Listen to @Heritage’s @SteveYates share his personal story of how the fentanyl crisis, fueled by China, ended up costing his own daughter’s life:

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Steve Yates (葉望輝) @SteveYates 2h

Talking to Beijing is fine. Summits are fine. But talk from strength.

In a one-man system, a deal lasts as long as it serves that one man. So verify, phase things in, enforce.

Done until when?

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Steve Yates (葉望輝) @SteveYates 16h

A strong leader and a strong country aren't the same thing.

Before Shenzhen, know who's across the table.

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omny.fm Nation States: Xi Jinping’s Rise and China’s Hidden Weaknesses -... Understanding Xi Jinping is key to understanding the future of U.S.-China relations. Steve Yates examines how China's leader rose to power, how he consolidated authority after sidelining rivals, and...

Nation States with Yates Verified account @NSwithYates 17h

Five summits in about a year. Who is the man across the table?

"Xi Jinping has made himself stronger. Whether he's made China stronger is far from clear."

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Stay Strong, America! 🇺🇸

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Steve Yates (葉望輝) @SteveYates 1d

Desmond's distinction explained:

Alice Huang looks more like a commercial fixer (掮客) who may also have served as a clean-handed front (白手套) for business interests than like a dedicated Ministry of State Security-style intelligence operative.

That distinction is meaningful in Chinese political-commercial jargon: one emphasizes deal facilitation and possible fronting for private or elite commercial interests; the other would emphasize formal intelligence collection and reporting to the state security apparatus. Both roles can overlap in practice, but they are not the same thing.

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Alice Huang: The Spy Narrative Misses Her Real Business

Everyone on X seems to treat the “Alice Huang is a Chinese spy” narrative as established fact. I say, not so fast.

Having spent over two decades doing business in China, I recognize a different character: the 掮客 (commercial fixer) and 白手套 (white glove)—an intermediary who shields the real principals behind a deal.

Her career in Shanghai’s murky capital markets, followed by Megaspeed’s $4.8 billion in Nvidia chip purchases, reveals a strikingly similar pattern.

The relevant questions should be: Whose money? Whose chips? Whose interests?

My latest Substack follows the money rather than the sensational spy narrative.

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Steve Yates (葉望輝) @SteveYates 2d

Busan, Beijing, Washington, Shenzhen, Miami. Trump–Xi summits on track for a record pace. Before the next deal, Americans should know who Xi Jinping really is. omny.fm/shows/nation-s…

omny.fm Nation States Update: Trump's China Summits: Who Is Xi Jinping? Plus... President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could meet five times in roughly one year—an extraordinary stretch of U.S.-China diplomacy. But how much do Americans really know about the...

Nation States with Yates Verified account @NSwithYates 2d

President Trump and Xi Jinping could meet FIVE TIMES in roughly one year.

Who is the man sitting across the table?

Tuesday: Xi's ruthless rise. Thursday: the Iran war reckoning. 7 PM ET.

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Stay strong, America! 🇺🇸

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