{"id":2605,"date":"2023-04-04T13:12:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T18:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2605"},"modified":"2023-04-04T13:12:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T18:12:58","slug":"rep-mike-gallagher-and-lawmakers-to-meet-with-disney-apple-alphabet-microsoft-about-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2605","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Mike Gallagher and Lawmakers to meet with Disney, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, about China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-20-1024x543.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-2606\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"543\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-20-1024x543.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-20-1024x543.png 1024w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-20-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-20-770x409.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-20-293x155.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-20-390x207.png 390w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-20.png 1210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI). (Photo: selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov)<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) will be traveling to California this week for several high-level meetings with industry leaders, including studio executives from Hollywood, tech industry leaders in Silicon Valley, AI executives, and leaders from the rare-earth minerals mining industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meetings will take place as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/californiaglobe.com\/articles\/house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-to-meet-with-taiwan-president-tsai-ing-wen-at-reagan-library\/\">will be meeting Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen<\/a>&nbsp;Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, despite warnings from China to not to hold the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday the delegation will meet with Bob Iger of Disney as well as top Hollywood producers, screenwriters and studio executives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday they will meet with Microsoft president Brad Smith, and Alphabet president of global affairs and chief legal officer Kent Walker. The groups of lawmakers will be meeting with &nbsp;Palantir and Scale AI executives, as artificial intelligence will be a import topic on the agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group will also meet with venture capitalists like Marc Andreesen and Vinod Khosla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, on Friday, the members will meet with Tim Cook of Apple, and have&nbsp;discussions about Russia-China relations with former Defense Secretary James Mattis and Stanford fellow Oriana Skylar Mastro at Stanford, as well as discussions about China\u2019s digital currency with experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A source close to the committee told the Globe that the lawmakers are there to learn of CCP pressures and influences in these industries, but to also shift attitudes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s partially why:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Axios&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/04\/02\/lawmakers-to-meet-with-iger-cook-other-execs-about-china\">reported:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cChina&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/emilywashburn\/2023\/01\/20\/chinas-movie-censorship-black-panther-and-ant-man-sequels-approved-after-past-marvel-films-and-top-gun-were-banned\/?sh=d1deb8a3affb\">blocked<\/a>&nbsp;most of Disney\u2019s major theatrical exports during the pandemic, but has since begun to let more films&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/18\/ant-man-wasp-quantumania-black-panther-marvel-china\">back in<\/a>. Disney has tried for years to curry favor with the Chinese, in part by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2018\/09\/29\/the-simpsons-network-television-streaming-platforms\">bowing to its censorship demands<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cook last month touted Apple\u2019s strong relationship with China at a business conference organized by the Chinese government, just days after a bipartisan group of lawmakers&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/03\/23\/tiktok-ceo-shou-zi-chew-hearing-congress\">grilled<\/a>&nbsp;TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on Capitol Hill.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The CCP has also pressured Hollywood screenwriters and studio executives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov\/\">Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party<\/a>\u00a0is committed to working on a bipartisan basis to build consensus on the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party and develop a plan of action to defend the American people, our economy, and our values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/californiaglobe.com\/articles\/rep-mike-gallagher-and-lawmakers-to-meet-with-disney-apple-alphabet-microsoft-about-china\/\">https:\/\/californiaglobe.com\/articles\/rep-mike-gallagher-and-lawmakers-to-meet-with-disney-apple-alphabet-microsoft-about-china\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) will be traveling to California this week for several high-level meetings with industry leaders, including studio executives from Hollywood, tech industry leaders in Silicon Valley, AI executives, and leaders from the rare-earth minerals mining industry. The meetings will take place as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)&nbsp;will be meeting Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen&nbsp;Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, despite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2607,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605\/revisions\/2607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}