Jeffrey Sachs is a well-known American economist, academic, and public policy analyst who has made significant contributions to the fields of sustainable development and economic development. He has held prestigious positions such as the director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and, as a special advisor to the United… Read More »Jeffrey Sachs Interview – The Problem with Politics in China – July 27. 2023
Recently, both US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen have visited the People’s Republic of China. Their mission is quite clear to most. Though the US and China are at loggerhead on many domestic and international matters, both sides realize that they are interdependent on… Read More »Janet Yellen Holds Press Briefing In China, Stresses Opposition To Economic Decoupling – July 8, 2023
According to Business Today, April 21, 2023: BRICS is an acronym for the regional economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The BRICS have a combined area of 39,746,220 km2 (15,346,100 sq mi) and an estimated total population of about 3.21 billion or about 41% of the world’s population. The Group of… Read More »BRICS Set To Overtake G7 In Global Economic Growth – Business Today
This video was broadcast in 2012 by the Intelligent Squared Organization whose aim is to promote a global conversation that enables people to make informed decisions about the issues that matter, in the company of the world’s greatest minds and orators. Panel Members: For: Orville Schell; Peter Schiff. Against: Minxin… Read More »Debate on Whether “China Does Capitalism Better Than America” a 2012 video
My parody on the Balloon-gate! Joel POLITICS Chinese spy balloon didn’t collect information while flying over U.S., Pentagon says BY ELEANOR WATSON JUNE 29, 2023 / 5:19 PM / CBS NEWS
Gregory W. Meeks represents New York’s 5th District in the U.S. Congress. He is the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee. First elected to Congress in 1998, Meeks is a multilateralist with decades of experience in foreign policy.… Read More »Anti-China Rhetoric Distracts Washington – and Boosts Beijing. Panic and fear should not drive U.S. foreign policy by Gregory W. Meeks, June 26, 2023.
Daniel Ellsberg died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 92 last Friday (6-16-2023) at this home in Kensington, CA. Ellsberg was an American political activist, an economist and a US Military analyst. While employed by the Rand Corporation, he precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 by releasing the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret study… Read More »Daniel Ellsberg and George Floyd – What do they have in common?
This morning (June 14, 2023) Dallas time 8:00 am, in its “ZOOM Forum on China in the Modern World”, organized by Singapore’s World Scientific Publication Corporation (WSPC), one of Asia’s most respected geopolitical and geoeconomic commentators, Dr. Joanna Lei, was the special guest to discuss the issue of the “Globalization… Read More »A Serious and Comprehensive Dialogue of the Globalization of the Ren Min Bi by Da Hsuan Feng, June 14, 2023
ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot launched on November 30, 2022, and promptly gained attention for its detailed and articulate responses spanning various domains of knowledge. A notable drawback has been its tendency to confidently provide information not completely verified. Ever since Bob Ching introduced “Chat” to me, I have been having fun testing… Read More »Who writes a better poem, Joel or ChatGPT? You be the judge!
Paul Gewirtz is a Professor of Constitutional Law, Yale Law School, Director, Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School, and Nonresident Senior Fellow – Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center Ever since the Group of Seven (G-7) countries have recently agreed on a central part of their economic approach to China – “de-risking… Read More »Words and policies: “De-risking” and China policy by Paul Gewirtz, Brooking Institute, May 30, 2023