America being the victor of the Cold War means she is the undisputed super power right now. The last two decades could have gone worse, but if we look back, there are a lot of positives. In the context of China, America finally accepted her into the WTO and abolished the discriminatory MFN exclusion. We saw inflow of capital into China which helped China's continued growth … [Read more...] about Top 5 things I thank, wish for in the U.S. of A.
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“Liu Xiaobo Deserves an Ig Nobel Peace Prize” – the latest reaction to buzz the West
"Liu Xiaobo Deserves an Ig Nobel Peace Prize" is a recent reaction from Barry Sautman (a political scientist and lawyer at Hong Kong University of Science & Technology) and Yan Hairong (an anthropologist at Hong Kong Polytechnic University) on the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo. Roland Song's ESWN (東南西北) has also brought this to his readers attention. No … [Read more...] about “Liu Xiaobo Deserves an Ig Nobel Peace Prize” – the latest reaction to buzz the West
The current global imbalance, a fight between rich and poor
Despite the moral posturing and smearing campaign against China in the Western media on the currency valuation issue, the essence of the current rebalancing of our world economic system is a fight between the rich and the poor (and between the rich themselves). The U.S. really doesn't have this currency valuation issue all that together. Here, NYT reports "Currency Rift … [Read more...] about The current global imbalance, a fight between rich and poor
the 8th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)
The 8th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), a bi-annual event (the previous was in Beijing in 2008), just took place on October 4th and 5th in Brussels, Belgium. It was a big deal. Asia and Europe represent 60% of humanity and 60% of global trade. I like how ASEM state their mission. Below is part of it: … [Read more...] about the 8th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)
the Economist, a case of Western media censorship
I recall during the dot com explosion in early 2000, the typical Western media narrative was that a rising Internet population in China would somehow bring down the Chinese government. Of course, that didn't materialize. At that time, I predicted, instead, a bigger audience would challenge the Western media narrative on everything related to China. As of 2010, the Chinese … [Read more...] about the Economist, a case of Western media censorship