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The United States and China Must Collaborate, Not Compete, to Meet Today’s Existential Threats to Humanity – Editorial by the Union of Concerned Scientists.

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is a nonprofit science advocacy organization based in the United States. The UCS membership includes many private citizens in addition to professional scientists. It was founded in 1969 by faculty and students of MIT. In this article, Johanna Chao Kreilick, President of UCS on August 10, 2023,… Read More »The United States and China Must Collaborate, Not Compete, to Meet Today’s Existential Threats to Humanity – Editorial by the Union of Concerned Scientists.

China and the World Forum – The Belt and Road Initiative, a 10-Year Anniversary, Wednesday 16th August 2023

The China and the World Forum is very honored to have the presence of Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang and Professor Wang Yiwei, three of the most notable voices regarding global affairs of China in the modern era, as speakers of this Forum. The two hour discussion will… Read More »China and the World Forum – The Belt and Road Initiative, a 10-Year Anniversary, Wednesday 16th August 2023

Ryan Hass On Taiwan: Taiwan is a partner with the United States, not an asset – July 24, 2023

Ryan Hass is a senior fellow and the Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies at the Brookings Institution, where he also holds the Michael H. Armacost Chair in the Foreign Policy program. In this article for the Taipei Times, Hass offered the following opinions: “Since the end… Read More »Ryan Hass On Taiwan: Taiwan is a partner with the United States, not an asset – July 24, 2023

Jeffrey Sachs Interview – The Problem with Politics in China – July 27. 2023

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

Janet Yellen Holds Press Briefing In China, Stresses Opposition To Economic Decoupling – July 8, 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

BRICS Set To Overtake G7 In Global Economic Growth – Business Today

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

Debate on Whether “China Does Capitalism Better Than America” a 2012 video

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

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.

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 and George Floyd – What do they have in common?

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?