Ai Weiwei engages in the very same racial stereotyping about Germany that he complains, with very thin, if not contrived proof the Germans exhibited toward him.
China’s Ominous Coronavirus Health Threat
Chinese political authorities state that lower-ranking officials who covered up the spread of the coronavirus would be “nailed on the pillar of shame for eternity.”
US Tech Transfer: First to China, Now to the Middle East
The shortsightedness of the United States in allowing arms production facilities in Saudi Arabia and the UAE is unbelievable.
How Trump Is Tied to China, Literally
Clothes making can provide deep insights into both the character of global leaders and commercial realities.
Putin’s Russian Power Grab: The Global Context
The Russian President aims at staying in power forever. Who are his role models?
Assessing “Phase One” of the US-China Trade Deal
Will China really halt technology transfers that it has required under many joint venture deals with U.S. companies?
The 2010s: The Decade of Disillusion
The decade that has just ended, the 2010s, was marked by the crisis that began in 2007-08, and it was accompanied by the onset of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
China, the Commerce-First Middle Eastern Power
The standoff between the United States and Iran helps China to build out its energy and trade routes throughout the Middle East.
Now Russia Accuses China of Technology Theft
China’s copycatting hunger knows no ideological boundaries: Reflections on the fragility of presumed anti-U.S. alliances.
Firsts in 2010
What “firsts” in economics, politics, technology and demographics occurred in 2010?
























