(On January 5, 2012, I sat down with Shaun Rein, founder and Managing Director of the China Market Research Group, to talk about China. He gave us his insights into major events of 2011. In this hour-long interview, we touched on many topics: pollution, CNN and Christian Bale's recent run-in with Chinese police, food safety, Weibo, and so on.) YinYang:2011 was another … [Read more...] about A conversation with Shaun Rein on China
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger, ‘On China,’ looking for harmonies in the China-U.S. relationship
I continue to like how Henry Kissinger discusses the China-U.S. relationship; not in the sense that he is capable of articulating the Chinese leaders point of views but much more in a way that seeks for mutual benefits for the two countries. For example, in his discussion on MSNBC couple of weeks ago (video below), he thought a sudden U.S. withdraw from Afghanistan would leave … [Read more...] about Kissinger, ‘On China,’ looking for harmonies in the China-U.S. relationship
‘On China,’ Henry Kissinger on NPR by Neal Conan and Ted Koppel
Full transcript here. Also check out Allen's book review. Audio recording accessible through here. Kissinger's warnings to us all must be repeated, in his answer to Conan's following question: … [Read more...] about ‘On China,’ Henry Kissinger on NPR by Neal Conan and Ted Koppel
Henry A. Kissinger: “Avoiding a U.S.-China cold war”
About a week ago, Henry Kissinger wrote an Op-Ed in the Washington Post, entitled, "Avoiding a U.S.-China cold war". He was concerned elites within the U.S. and China pulling for confrontation. Speaking of the Hu-Obama summit, he said, "both leaders also face an opinion among elites in their countries emphasizing conflict rather than cooperation." If you have watched the … [Read more...] about Henry A. Kissinger: “Avoiding a U.S.-China cold war”