Professor Wang Pei (汪沛教授), a young scholar at Hong Kong University, has recently published a new extended essay that draws on Jungian archetypes to investigate: “Hero and Father: Contrasting Leadership Styles in the USA-China Rivalry” (available here).
AMERICA JUMPS THE RAILS
Just over a year ago, at Fridayeveryday, I maintained that, “America bombs while China…
NEWLY UNEARTHED DOCUMENTS today reveal what really happened in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, in 1989—how the protests were prepared, how teams caused them to escalate, and how they really came to an end.
And they provide the most detailed account yet about one of the biggest hoaxes in modern history—one so successful that the perpetrators, an…
China outrageously claims the WHOLE of the South China Seas with its nine-dash line!
It does so, despite LOSING a UN court battle that ruled that the Philippines had sovereignty over the waters!
Heard those arguments before? Such myths are printed everywhere, year after year. Now read what really happened. Pierre Herbst reports.…
STOCK PRICES of dual-listed international companies are rising in Hong Kong and falling in New York.
"This should be reason enough for companies to re-list in Hong Kong and maintain listings in both Hong Kong and New York, in our opinion," said financial analysts writing in Forbes yesterday.
CASH FLOWING SOUTH
This divergence is interesting,…
In 2016, US Vice President JD Vance published a best-selling memoir entitled “Hillbilly Elegy”. Curiously, he explained on the Fox News network recently that China’s pivotal influence on American consumption was due to the US borrowing “money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture” (YouTube link here). Let's consider the sort…
HERE'S A SHOCKING TRUE STORY. Americans torpedo a ship. British victims are drowning. Japanese soldiers fire guns to kill survivors. Chinese fishermen come to the rescue.
This unbelievable but true story is a complex real life incident. It took place more than 80 years ago, during World War II, but I was reminded of it…
CHINA JUST STOPPED exporting its rare earths to the US—in a bizarre reflection of the US halt on stopping exports of high-end chips to China.
On April 4, the Chinese leadership placed export restrictions on two categories of rare earth products. One listed six specific heavy rare earth metals, and the other dealt with the…
THERE IS A GIANT problem that commentators are ignoring. The United States’ trade deficit is of incredible proportions and is only sustainable because the dollar is the world’s reserve currency – a status it is going to lose.
The US trade deficit in 2024 was approximately 1.2 trillion dollars. GDP was approximately 30.1 trillion dollars.…
CHINA WAS READY. Most nations expressed shock when the United States announced last week that it would impose what it called "reciprocal tariffs" on all trading partners.
But China already expected a dramatic escalation of US tariffs—and had taken steps to deal with it.
Last month, the Beijing leadership released its annual review, known as…
A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL in the Philippines sprang into action after academics revealed the truth about the recent spate of conflicts in the South China Seas.
Senior Philippines coast guard Jay Tarriela this week rushed to criticize "Filipino bloggers" of making "baseless" allegations and being part of a "disinformation network".
He was angered after several people…
