The www.dontow.com is the website of Don M. Tow. It contains articles in three topical categories (or pages): Political/Social Commentary, Taiji, and Other Topics. Currently, a new release of this website is published usually every three months. The website also has a fourth category “Soccer” about the soccer book that I published in 2006.
Any article in a particular category can be accessed via the corresponding category on the menu bar at the top of the page. Any article in a particular release can be accessed via the corresponding release on the right sidebar.
This website began in October 2006, and the website has been redesigned twice, once in October 2008, and the second time in November 2009.
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U.S.-China Confrontation: Where Will It Lead To?
In the last year or so, and especially in the last few weeks, we have heard news coverage almost on a daily basis about the trade war between the U.S. and China. Because of the large difference between the amount of U.S. imports from China as compared to the amount of U.S. exports to China, we have repeatedly heard how unfair that is, and therefore the U.S. government must impose tariffs on a large amount of Chinese products.
In this article, we offer a broader perspective on the issue between the U.S. and China. The conclusion we come to is that the motivation behind the recent U.S. government policy toward China is because the U.S. government does not want to have its position as the world’s leading economic and political power challenged and therefore wants to thwart China’s rise before China can become an even more serious competitor.
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