During the VP Presidential Candidate Debate last night, the subject of China came up. China is replete with forced abortions, and it jails, tortures and kills those who they deem political of religious “dissidents”. To trade with China, which, bottom … Continue reading
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blogspot.com photo Will the coronavirus realign the global order? The American economy, currently, is interdependent with China. As the coronavirus sweeps through China, it is disrupting their part of the supply chain with factories down, and so on. We have … Continue reading
The Trump administration just slapped tariffs on some Chinese imports in an attempt to achieve more trade parity. The question is: Should we be trading with China at all? I was listening to a U.S. human rights lawyer on a … Continue reading
In trying to understand more about the U.S.’s history with China, I picked up the book: China’s America (The Chinese View of the United States 1900-2000) by Jing Li. The author notes that a consistent thread in our relationship is … Continue reading
The NY Times reported that China’s Communist Party has cleared the way for President Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely by announcing it intends to abolish term limits. Jinping’s agenda revolves around: a global infrastructure plan; reorganizing the military; … Continue reading
Some notes from my research the past few weeks: China has recently allocated some $360 billion dollars for the development of more green energy. Meanwhile, Scott Pruitt — who apparently has close ties to the fossil fuels industry — has … Continue reading
In Lubbock, Texas, my wife Liz interviewed Alice Mata for a book she is working on about women around the country. Alice is the mother of five young children and came from a family of 20 children. She … Continue reading
The New York Times reported yesterday that Gao Zhishenq, one of China’s most high profile human rights lawyers is “missing” after being taken into custody by the Chinese Communist government. Previously, he was taken into custody for 54 days … Continue reading
Thanksgiving 2022 I just did a newspaper article about a local community center that puts on an annual Thanksgiving Dinner event. Attendance this year, according to the director, broke all kinds of records. The director surmised ‘inflation creep,’ number one, … Continue reading
I was reading this book tonight, specifically a chapter about international trade imbalances. It notes, on a rudimentary level, that “international transaction” is an exchange of goods and services between countries. These are categorized as: imports and exports. Pretty simple. … Continue reading