This article provides a review of the recent book [1] Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucdydides’s Trap? by Graham Allison. The book discusses whether a situation with a rising power facing a ruling power will likely end up in war. In the book, Allison analyzed several such world situations, it argues that […]
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Review of “Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?
June 2023
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What Should Be Done in Reaction to U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn’s Racist Remark “China Has a 5,000 Year History of Cheating and Stealing. Some things Will Never Change.”
March 2023
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This remark “China has a 5,000 history of cheating and stealing. Some things will never change…” was made in a tweet in 12/3/2020 by Tennessee’s Senator Marsha Blackburn. Such remark is absurd and show the complete ignorance of the speaker and would normally be dismissed if it didn’t come the mouth of a U.S. senator. […]
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Panel Discussion on “Changing U.S.-China Relations and Their Impact on Chinese In the U.S. and Elsewhere” **
December 2022
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This is a summary of the Panel Discussion on the topic “Changing U.S.-China Relations and Their Impact on Chinese In the U.S. and Elsewhere” at the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) Conference in San Francisco on Nov. 12, 2022. The panelists are Gordon H. Chang (and not Gordon G. Chang), George […]
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The West Must Prepare for a Long Overdue Reckoning*
Five major trends illustrate how the world is changing, and that the West must grapple with the reality that it can no longer impose its “leadership” on the world as it once did. The post-Western, multipolar international order is coming to pass. As the world grapples with the implications of this shift in power, the […]