We know that time runs in only one dimension: going forward. What has happened in the past has already occurred and we cannot go back in time to relive that period. The question is whether we can make use of the information from the past, not only to relive past events, but also to make […]
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Some Thoughts on How We can Experience and Learn from the Past Virtually
December 2020
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Diao Yu Tai Student Movement: Recollection 50 Years Later
September 2020
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Why should we discuss a Chinese student movement that occurred 50 years ago? Just exactly what was the issue 50 years ago? What is that student movement? Why is it important? Why is it important for the American people, as well as for the people of the world? More importantly, why is it even more […]
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One Speaks for the Voiceless and One Is the Conscience of Japan
June 2020
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Next year will mark the 90th anniversary of the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War: 1931-1945, a war that resulted in approximately 25-30 million Chinese killed, millions of women and girls raped, and millions of innocent civilians slaughtered. Yet, the country that did all of this still has not acknowledged what it did and has […]
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U.S.-China Relationship at a Crossroad
There is no doubt that the relationship between the U.S. and China is crucially important not only for the welfare of the U.S. and China, but also for the welfare of the world. That relationship impacts the health, economics, war and peace, and the survival of the human race. Unfortunately, the trajectory of that relationship […]