Asia
Are the US and China heading for a Pearl Harbor moment? Back to the Future? Pearl Harbor, 1941 Before visiting Shanghai last summer, I decided to prepare myself through some old novels about pre-Communist [...]
Asia
If Americans can look away, if possible, from the question of what Trump did and did not do back then to/with a porn star, it might still be worth paying attention to a looming crisis with China. Separation [...]
Asia
Rome–Wow. Killing drugs dealers by the ton. Silencing political opposition. Making nice with China, which wants to take away of chunk of other people’s land. Stiffing long-time neighbors. [...]
Asia
Dry Tortugas, Florida–I was visiting the Dry Tortugas, a collection of islands, sand bars and reefs 70 miles west of Key West, and, curiously, the first thing that came to mind was the South China [...]
Americas
London—The budding US-China rivalry in East Asia has recently been brought into focus on China’s claims to several islands in the South China Sea. But these incidents, which included a US naval [...]
Asia
Florence–In what on many levels seems like risky business, the presidents of the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan, still officially the Republic of China, are set to meet tomorrow for [...]
Asia
London–Russia and the US are facing off through warning proxies in Ukraine, where the conflict is in abeyance, and Syria, where the war is intense. Still, let’s not forget about the face off in [...]