Tag Archives: rise of China

Donald Trump’s unwitting surrender to China by Edward Luce

Posted on November 22, 2017 by creativeconflictwisdom

Great piece in today’s UK Financial Times by Edward Luce. Basically it says that Trump really is an unwitting Chinese rather than Russian Trojan Horse, and I think he and the GOP is too deeply stupid to realize it. And … Continue reading →

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The Tea Party and the Rise of China

Posted on January 4, 2014 by creativeconflictwisdom

I got involved in some on line arguing about whether the rise of the Tea Party would strengthen America or do it down. Here are some of my side of the conversation. The other side was mainly rhetoric about liberty and … Continue reading →

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It’s Inequality, Stupid

Posted on December 29, 2013 by creativeconflictwisdom

There is a profoundly interesting article by Will Hutton in today’s UK Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/29/worlds-largest-economies-and-their-future        How will China fare as an economy in the next 15 years? Photograph: Martin Puddy/Getty Images/Asia Images Here is a puzzle that preoccupies futurologists, … Continue reading →

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The Impact of Chinese Economic Policy on the US and Europe

Posted on November 14, 2013 by creativeconflictwisdom

I worry about the total lack of understanding of how the US economy is affected by China. I just read Michael Pettis’s interesting book ‘The Great Rebalancing’ and summarize its argument/implications for the US because it will effect everyone reading … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Lessons of the Cold War for Future China/US Relations

Posted on December 5, 2011 by creativeconflictwisdom

One of my earliest memories of world events was sitting in a Latin class in high school waiting to see the outcome of the Cuban Missile crisis and the interception of the Soviet ships by the US Navy. Would they … Continue reading →

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‘How China Can Defeat America’ by Chinese Professor Yan Xuetong

Posted on November 21, 2011 by creativeconflictwisdom

I happen to think that the most interesting and significant issue of our times is the rise of China. This blog is also dedicated to the idea we should listen to and understand the other side in conflict, without losing … Continue reading →

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Who Will Be Seen as the Most Important Figure of the 20th Century?

Posted on August 18, 2011 by creativeconflictwisdom

My probably premature suggestion (as Chou En Lai famously said of the French Revolution: ‘it’s too early to say’, though some have suggested he was talking about the 1968 events and dolt Kissinger misunderstood) is Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), as he … Continue reading →

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The Tea Party: China’s Trojan Horse

Posted on July 24, 2011 by creativeconflictwisdom

I like this piece in the New York Times from Nicholas Kristoff, though I differ from him in seeing the extremism of the Republican and Tea Parties as indeed being a foreign funded and inspired (via Rupert Murdoch) Trojan Horse. … Continue reading →

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The Rise of China: the Top Ten Questions

Posted on March 9, 2011 by creativeconflictwisdom

There is a ancient Chinese curse: ‘May you live in interesting times’. And we certainly are living in such times. But I guess what amazes me as trained historian, is that the whole of Western society has not really woken … Continue reading →

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Top Twelve Conflict Tips for US/China Relations

Posted on December 5, 2010 by creativeconflictwisdom

Looking to the future, it is not hard to see what we could learn from an After Action Review of US policy during the Cold War 1945-1991 that is relevant to any future conflict potential with China: We should create … Continue reading →

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