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ChinaTalk: Tech Bros vs MAGA, Immigration, and Whether Tiger Parents Will Win Cold War 2.0

Jordan Schneider
Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 12:00 AM

Published by The Lawfare Institute
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To discuss the Christmas Day MAGA civil war over H1Bs and the future of US immigration policy, ChinaTalk interviewed Divyansh Kaushik, a computer science PhD and vice president of Beacon Global Strategies. 

We get into…

  • Pro-immigrant attitudes among Trump’s allies in Silicon Valley
  • Creative political maneuvering that could make high-skill immigration reform a reality
  • Whether Vivek is right about American culture aspiring to normalcy
  • Other areas where Elon and the tech right might spend their political influence 
  • How nativist backlash could influence Trump’s agenda
  • Why India has yet to produce an influential, home-grown AI lab

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Jordan Schneider is the host of the ChinaTalk podcast and newsletter. He previously worked at Kwai, Bridgewater and the Eurasia Group. His Chinese landscape paintings "show promise."
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