After 7 years of Russia’s “pivot to Asia” policy, the geopolitical landscape starts to shape a new bipolar order with Russia and China on one side versus the West led by the U.S. on the other. Althoug……
1. Introduction
There may be few countries like Taiwan that have to go through unnecessary hardship in combatting the COVID-19 crisis. The Chinese government and pro-Chinese figures in Taiwan are int……
For the first time I feel the chilling danger in my bones that the Chinese Communists may start a conflict in Asia. Intellectually I have been aware of this possibility for forty years. I have always ……
After taking office, US President Joe Biden immediately embarked on a trip to Europe, and wrote about it in an opinion piece titled “Joe Biden: My trip to Europe is about America rallying the world's ……
A Big Party
On the first day of July the Chinese Communist Party celebrated its 100th anniversary, this was an official celebration. Historians note the actual founding of the Party in a back room in……
On June 3, President Biden issued a ban on investment in 59 Chinese companies, with only 3 newly sanctioned ones, which were also found out to be military and airline companies that China did not allo……
1. Failure of an honor student
With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, Taiwan had been praised as a successful case (honor student) for the prevention of epidemics because there were almost no infe……
Seven Years, Seven Weeks
The Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) between China and the EU took about seven years to negotiate yet fell apart in little more than seven weeks. This column (GRI……
The digital economy is divided into three stages of development: using computers (office or data processing: desktop computer terminals), surfing the Internet (fixed networks, mobile networks, Interne……
Moral Hazard
Moral hazard has been a problem in Chinese capital markets since they were founded. Basically, the idea is that the government will always be there to orchestra a bailout of a failing c……
