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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, […]

Based on more than 10 years of research investigation of many classic world maps and other historical documents, Dr. Siu-Leung Lee (李兆良, of Columbus, Ohio and Hong Kong)  has concluded that the contents of a very important world map, known as Kunyu Wanguo Quantu (坤輿万国全图) dated 1602, attributed to Matteo Ricci, is not translated into […]

Donald Trump has been the President of the U.S. for only less than two years, but the consequences of his presidency for our country and the world could be profound and scary.  From the perspective of the environment, harmony with others, economy, American competitiveness, tax cuts and budget deficit/national debt, world stability/democracy/rule of law, his […]

During July 25-27, 2018, I participated at the 13th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at the University of Granada in Granada, Spain.  The theme of the conference was “Autonomy in Times of Turmoil:  What to Make of the Social?”  I presented a talk titled “10,000 Cries for Justice” (to see the Powerpoint presentation, click […]