Category: US vs China
Reading China’s 20th Party Congress Right
China’s Party Congress deserves our attention without being distracted by the Hu Jintao incident. Unlike the war-mongering Russia, China needs a peaceful environment to grow its economy more than anything else, even invading Taiwan unless it is being cornered. Washington has acted like a revisionist state and its recent moves in the chip war is comparable to wartime measures. The real American strength is long term competitiveness, which is something China has yet proven. The perceived urgency of defeating China only in a short time window leads to extreme steps that can weaken the US. …
The Real Problems of Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan, Part Three
The first problem with Pelosi’s Taiwan trip is to break the delicate status quo, even though she claimed in Taiwan that the US opposes against any efforts in that direction. The second problem is ignoring the intrinsic value of global peace and putting ideological fights above peace imperative. This is the same mindset as dictators held during the cold war era. …
The Real Problems with Pelosi’s Trip to Taiwan, Part Two
Having formal diplomatic relations with China does not mean the US cannot have formal (but down-graded) relations with Taiwan. Beijing has not even pretended to be nice toward the island when it comes to giving Taiwan breathing space in international affairs. Endorsing a sweeping party leadership makes it hard for Beijing to appreciate the importance of the Congress and Court. American people are serious about their international responsibilities. …
The Real Problems with Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip, Part One
House Speaker Pelosi’s recent Taiwan trip caused unnecessary risks to the global peace. My first post on the trip will point out the “Pelosi hypocrisy” and go back to the historical legal and diplomatic documents on Taiwan to help clarify the myths that the US betrayed Taiwan, that Washington accepted Beijing’s sovereignty claim over Taiwan and that strategic ambiguity is a smart strategy. This sets up the stage for later posts on the real problems with the trip. …
Risk Avoidance Vs. Continuous Innovations
Before we move onto global governance, it makes sense to talk about domestic governance and how ideas and practices in insurance can help. There is an public health crisis in
Pray for Global Peace & Prosperity
It’s the new year and the right time to look back at 2021 and look forward into 2022. The long-term future is always harder to predict than the short run,
Beijing Is the Big Loser in the Meng Wanzhou Case
The release of Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Huawei and daughter of Ren Zhengfei the founder, has caused a big wave of brouhaha in China and also among the overseas Chinese.
Celebrating the Unity of Humanity
Today is the Moon Festival on the lunar calendar, a traditional holiday for family reunions. While we are on it, we might as well expand its scope and mark it
From Holmes Trial To Foreign Policies
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the 9-11 and I feel the urge to say something to memorize the historical tragedy, even though I really did not find much time