Black Pheonix

I recently gained a new friend and colleague at work.  He's young, technology wise, law school graduate, and worked in China as a English tutor for 1 year.  (As I told him, not nearly long enough to know China well, but he still thinks he knows China enough). Our casual debates about China usually ends with him taking the American Exceptionalism type argument, and I disagree … [Read more...] about American Exceptionalism vs. Chinese Exceptionalism

http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=42318 US Democracy Has Little To Teach China Francis Fukuyama FINANCIAL TIMES, JANUARY 17, 2011 The first decade of the 21-century has seen a dramatic reversal of fortune in the relative prestige of different political and economic models. Ten years ago, on the eve of the puncturing of the dotcom … [Read more...] about Unusual Piece of Self-Doubt from a Former US Neo-Con

About 1 year ago, in January 2010, Google's chief counsel made the unusual announcements regarding Google being hacked in China.  Unusual, because Google like most large corporations, does not usually go around making public spectacles of disputes with any governments. … [Read more...] about My prediction for Google came true, a 2010 forgotten piece.

If you have not heard, on Saturday, a crazy (as the only way to describe him) gunman opened fire on a crowd in Arizona with his fully loaded 30 bullet in clip, with reload magazine, 9mm glock.  The bullets (from the gun owned by the crazy man) killed 6, including a little girl born on September 11, 2001, and wounded 14 others, including Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle … [Read more...] about U.S. Gun “Rights” in the News, What does it mean for China?

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/America-s--plan--to-destabilise-China IN early October, China's Premier Wen Jiabao addressed European leaders in Brussels. Ominous talk of currency wars dominated the proceedings. And why not? After all, America – and a growing coalition of forces – has mounted a massive attack on China. And the American-led coalition's weapon of choice … [Read more...] about America’s ‘plan’ to destabilize China