Image of China from U.S. Government and Media: If your knowledge of history is based only on the recent comments and headlines from the U.S. government leaders and media reports about China, the image that you paint of China will be something similar to the following: China is engaging in territorial expansions toward many of […]
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Assessing U.S.’s Foreign Policy Toward China
June 2014
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U.S. Must Abandon Its “Forgotten Holocaust” Foreign Policy
March 2014
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Analogy: Suppose a robber with many armed men came to your house and stole your baby sister while you were a small child and your parents were old, frail, and powerless to fight against the robber.. Then many years later you grew up to become a strong young man and you go to confront the […]
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What Can Be Learned from China’s New Air Defense Identification Zone?
December 2013
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On November 20, 2013 China announced an “East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)” that includes the air space over the disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands. The impression given by the press and political leaders, especially those of the U.S. and Japan, is that ADIZ is a new concept that China has introduced, that China has […]
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U.S. Needs Another Anson Burlingame
It seems that recently we read in the news almost on a weekly basis that the U.S. seems to be involved in some sort of serious turmoil or unrest in some part of the world. It may be in Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, East China Sea, South China […]