Hi, from Jodhpur, India—which I’ve learned is one of the best places in India to visit. It’s just amazing to be in the middle of the Rajasthan desert and all this history.

In my latest Washington Post column. I write about what I observed at the State Department/Foreign Policy Top 100 Global Thinkers event. A who’s who of the DC establishment kept talking about China’s rise as if it was a foregone conclusion. They were buying the bogus reports by analyst groups that draw a straight line and predict that China will overtake the U.S. I spoke up there, of course, and was surprised that no one disputed what I said.

I also observed that the leading thinkers in DC had no idea of the advances in technology that are going to rapidly change the world. These advances will set the stage for solving humanity’s grand challenges and will cause upheaval in places like China (as I discuss below). I think I’ll have to accelerate the writing of my next book which discusses all this and prescribes ways for the U.S. to keep its global edge.

Does China own the future — or does the U.S.?

“Policy makers worry about the implications of a rising China, leading some to wonder whether China will own the future. China may well defy gravity and continue on its growth trajectory for a couple more years, but I predict the growth will not last. Technology will accelerate forces that are already at play. This means the more likely scenario—the one that we should worry about—is a falling China. Such a decline will likely create greater nightmares for China’s neighbors and for the United States.”

[Wadhwa cites three reasons – manufacturing boom is ending; various investment bubbles; and changes in Internet society.]

The entire story can be read at the Washington Post.

It’s All About Selling

Also, my latest Wall Street Journal advice to startups: It’s All About Selling.

“Recruiting talent is no different than any other challenge a startup faces. It’s all about selling. This is the most important skill that an entrepreneur needs to learn. It’s about convincing others to believe in you and to buy your vision. Once your startup gets going, it is about persuading customers to purchase your product or getting venture capitalists to invest in your startup.”

The entire story can be read at WSJ.

Immigration: “Ugly Politics”

And I did an interview I did with the San Francisco NPR affiliate: Silicon Valley Impacted By Pending Federal Immigration Bill. I was brutal, especially about the touching and moving but idiotic comments that Chicago Congressman Luis Gutierrez made in the House about how his parents didn’t have PhD’s. As I said, this is all ugly politics.

The entire story can be watched at the station’s website.

Editor’s note: Vivek Wadhwa, a former North Carolina entrepreneur, is now a Fellow, Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford University; Vice President of Innovation and Research, Singularity University; Director of Research, Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization and Exec in Residence, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University; Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Halle Institute of Global Learning, Emory University; Columnist Washington Post and Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

Website: www.wadhwa.com

Research: http://ssrn.com/author=738704

Twitter: @wadhwa