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Is China the Way of the Future?
Sometimes I wonder whether human beings have the capacity to look beyond their own comfort and self interest when evaluating their own governments. It seems that much of the citizens’ action we see...
View ArticleIs China Blocking Foreign Banks?
Ironically, China claims foreign banks are too secretive. Story in WSJ. In July, the China Banking Regulatory Commission complained to locally incorporated foreign banks about their low compliance...
View ArticleThe Damned Dam
The Washington Post brings us up to date on the famous Three River Gorges Dam in China. This dam epitomizes so many modern characteristics of China. On the one hand, it shows both the benefits and...
View ArticleThe Wages of Success in China
The Financial Times has a report today from China that describes a situation in which the growth of wages for factory workers is now sending manufacturing, currently done in China, to places like...
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US sees China’s rise as no threat
A very timely story in today’s China Daily. I am in China to launch an initiative to assist Chinese firms going global. This headline is a welcome preview. WASHINGTON - The United States does not see...
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China Moving Out
Ten years ago, the Government of China launched its “Going Out” strategy, a program to encourage Chinese companies to go global. At the time, Chinese outbound investment was $1 billion. In 2010, it was...
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Cixi – The Mother of Global Public Affairs
Empress Dowager Cixi There is an exhibit at the Smithsonian on the Empress Dowager who effectively ruled China from 1861 to 1908. The exhibit contained a group of photographs that the Empress...
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Supporting China
I happen to believe that the U.S. is better off finding accommodation with China that launching a policy of confrontation. I don’t mean “appeasement,” but rather a rational, clear-headed approach to...
View ArticleChinese Investment in the U.S. Slows
A recent report by the Rhodium Group indicates that Chinese foreign direct investment into the U.S. slowed in the 3rd Quarter of 2011. Still the year over year number continue to reflect strong growth....
View ArticleThe Chinese Work Ethic
Today’s New York Times has a front page story on a family in China struggling to protect their future. It is a very sad story in that it depicts their extraordinary struggle to provide an education...
View ArticleThe Chinese Indictments
In a dramatic and unprecedented move, the U.S. Justice Department indicted 5 officers in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) for cyber spying for commercial purposes. There is much speculation on what...
View ArticleMore on the Chinese Cyber Indictments
The consensus seems to have set that the Obama Administration’s indictment of the Chinese PLA officers for cyber crimes was, at best, ineffective and, at worst, damaging. Today, the definitive word...
View ArticleReality Check
The Associated Press has a nice reality check on the various controversies surrounding Sino-American relations. Whatever friction there might be, the commercial ties between the two countries is...
View ArticleCFIUS Approval of Lenovo Acquisition of IBM Server Unit Bodes Well for...
The approval by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) shows power and desirability of inbound Chinese investment into the U.S. In the midst of Sino American political controversies on...
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The Collected Speeches of Xi Jinping a Hit in China
Last May, inspired by a speech Chinese President Xi Jinping gave in Bruges, Belgium, I wrote a column declaring him “China’s Great Communicator.” Not surprisingly, it was well-received in China and...
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