Trump’s ‘Uncreative Destruction’ of the U.S.-China Relationship

Posted by on Jun 6, 2020 in Articles, China, Featured, US Foreign Policy | 0 comments Economists like to think of the wreckage caused by stock market downturns, widespread bankruptcies, and corporate downsizing as “creative destruction.” As it destroys the old and the dysfunctional, the capitalist system continually spurs innovation, much as a forest fire prepares the ground for new growth. Or so the representatives of the dismal science argue. Donald Trump, who is neither...
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Debunking Trump’s China Nonsense

Posted by on Jun 6, 2020 in Articles, China, Featured, US Foreign Policy | 0 comments Conspiracy theorists never let a crisis go to waste. When something truly terrible happens, the conspiracy theorist sets to work to determine the dark, hidden forces at work behind the scenes that have produced the crisis. Some people might see God or the Devil as the prime mover behind a catastrophe. Others throw up their hands and mutter, “shit happens.” Not conspiracy theorists. They need...
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What the Coronavirus Says About Us

Posted by on Mar 25, 2020 in Articles, China, Featured, US Foreign Policy | 0 comments A crisis, according to self-help and leadership books, reveals much about a person’s character. The same can be said of a nation’s character. Since the latest pandemic began to spread out of China in 2020, countries responded in very different ways to the challenge. There was ingenuity, inflexibility, incomprehension, and sheer incompetence. Diversity can be a beautiful thing. But not when it...
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Trump’s Undeclared State of Emergency

Posted by on Oct 24, 2019 in Articles, China, Featured, Russia and Eastern Europe | 0 comments Trump’s public appeal to China last week to help with uncovering dirt on the Biden family was both a brazen flouting of the law and (it pains me to say) an astute political tactic. “China should start an investigation into the Bidens, because what happened in China is just about as bad as what happened with Ukraine,” Trump announced to reporters only moments after saying, about trade talks...
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The New Age of Protest

Posted by on Oct 5, 2019 in Articles, China, Featured, Russia and Eastern Europe | 1 comment Led by young people, climate strikers blocked traffic on two mornings at the end of last month in Washington, DC. On the first day, protestors chained themselves to a boat three blocks from the White House, and 32 activists were arrested. On the second day, activists targeted the EPA and Trump International Hotel. It was a not-so-subtle suggestion to commuters stuck in their cars on those...
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Hong Kong and the Future of China

Posted by on Sep 26, 2019 in Articles, China, Featured | 0 comments Something didn’t quite add up. This past weekend, protestors were rallying outside the American embassy in Hong Kong. They were waving American flags. They were singing The Star-Spangled Banner. One 24-year-old protester wore a red Make America Great Again hat. Some signs at the protest read “President Trump, please liberate Hong Kong.” “The Chinese government is breaking their...
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