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03/01/2010 No. 31

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Articles & Comments

Letter from a Chinese Web User to U.S. President Barack Obama
By LTML Translator CHSHH Last Edited by Yeshua
March 1, 2010	69 reads
This is a letter (http://forum.globaltimes.cn/forum/showthread.php?t=12869) to U.S. President Barack Obama from "LTML", a Chinese Internet user. President Obama and all Americans should read it carefully and seriously. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Why Antagonize China?
By George Gilder
March 1, 2010	88 reads
While attempting to appease a long list of utterly unappeasable foes—Iran, North Korea, Hamas, Hezbollah, and even Hugo Chávez—today the U.S. treats China, perhaps our most crucial economic partner, as an adversary because it defies us on global warming, dollar devaluation, and Internet policy. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Being ABC
By Amy Ku
February 1, 2010	198 reads
Ten years ago, if people asked me what I was, I had a default answer, “I dunno; I’m from New Jersey.” Today, if people ask me what I am, I respond “I’m Chinese, born in New Jersey.” This path to self-discovery and identity formation has not been an easy one; not to mention that it is still an ongoing journey that will most likely end, only after I have passed on, with my children or my children’s children. 【Full Story】【Comments】
The Mystery of Zheng He and America
By Siu-Leung Lee
February 1, 2010	168 reads
A 7-cm diameter plain brass medallion with the inscription “Authorized and awarded by XuanDe of Great Ming” was unearthed 4 inches under the surface, several hundred miles inland from the American east coast，【Full Story】【Comments】
Tiger in the Art of Chinese Language
By Peter C. Chieh
February 1, 2010	103 reads
The big bang theory considers the universe to be still expanding, while the solar system moves with the galaxy on its own track toward a destination unknown to us. Similarly, history marches forward with a frontier we call now. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Why Does the U.S. Dollar Continue to Slide?
By Gong Shengli Translator Sheng-Wei Wang
January 1, 2010	154 reads
Since early October 2009, the U.S. dollar, measured against a basket of currencies of other major countries, fell to a new low below that reached during the financial tsunami in 2008. This means that the trend of a weakening dollar has re-intensified and has become a general tendency that has been out of control since the start of the 21st century. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Taking Care in the Flu Season
By Peter C. Chieh
January 1, 2010	77 reads
I am not a medical doctor or a health care worker. I claim no authority but I feel strongly about giving my opinion when I have one. Recently, the onset of the swine flu and the general flu made me sit down at the keyboard. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Response to Essays by Joseph Nye and M.D. Nalapat
By David S. Mason
December 1, 2009	183 reads
Editor's Note: See www.endoftheamericancentury.blogspot.com for David S. Mason's blog associated with his book; the dialogue published on www.chinausfriendship.com on November 1, 2009, also shows on site: http://endoftheamericancentury.blogspot.com/2009/11/dialogue-and-forum-on-end-of-american.html 【Full Story】【Comments】
To Live up to Nobel Peace Prize, Obama Needs China
By George Koo
December 1, 2009	130 reads
No doubt President Barrack Obama woke up with the biggest surprise of his life when he found out that he won the Nobel Peace Prize. Of course, he understood that the award was not for what he has done but for the vision of world peace he has been promoting. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Dialogue with Professor David S. Mason, Author of The End of the American Century
Guest: David S. Mason Host: Sheng-Wei Wang
November 1, 2009	316 reads
We are very happy to invite David S. Mason, professor of political science at Butler University in Indianapolis to discuss his 2009 book The End of the American Century. This new book was described by reviewers as “compelling and persuasive” and “the first to explore all of the interrelated aspects of America’s decline.” Professor Mason has published dozens of articles and six books on international politics, U.S. foreign policy, European politics and history, revolutions, public opinion, and concepts of social justice. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Comment #1: American Power in the Twenty-First Century
By Joseph S. Nye
November 1, 2009	167 reads
The United States government’s National Intelligence Council projects that American dominance will be “much diminished” by 2025, and that the one key area of continued American superiority – military power – will be less significant in the increasingly competitive world of the future. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Comment #2: Peace, Not War, the Best Strategy
By Madhav Das Nalapat
November 1, 2009	160 reads
Although there has been some mockery of the Nobel Committee's award of the Peace Prize to US President Barack H Obama, the choice was a recognition of a reality that has been obscured since World War II: which is that the true strength, the power, of the US vests not in its weapons or in its armies, but in the syncretistic values of the American people. 【Full Story】【Comments】
To Simplify Or Not To Simplify Chinese Words?
By Peter Chung Chieh
October 1, 2009	207 reads
People growing up outside Chinese culture often say: "The Chinese language is only for Chinese to learn," because they find it so difficult to learn.Slowly but surely, Chinese is becoming an important language. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Working with China
By Tom Plate
October 1, 2009	193 reads
Editorial Note: We thank Professor Tom Plate for giving us the permission to translate this article into Chinese and publish both the English and the Chinese versions on www.ChinaUSFriendship.com. The English article was initially published by www.scmp.com on May 18, 2009. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Where Does the Supranational International Currency of Constant Value Come from? --New Concept and Framework of the World Currency Primary
By Charley Fei (Shuiyu Fei) and Zhongjia Pang Translator Sheng-Wei Wang
September 1, 2009	343 reads
The strong catalytic influence of the current financial crisis has strengthened the cry for world monetary reform and turned it into a big issue that can no longer be ignored by the international financial world. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Tit-for-tat between Chinese and American Think Tanks at RAND Corporation
By Yifeng Tian Translator Sheng-Wei Wang
August 1, 2009	241 reads
In response to an invitation of the world famous U.S. think tank, the RAND Corporation, I accompanied a delegation on a working visit to this well-known institution. 【Full Story】【Comments】
China's Attempts to Reform Rural Land Rights
By Jialin Zhang
August 1, 2009	188 reads
Ever since China embarked on its economic reforms some 30 years ago, the country’s agricultural development has always lagged behind overall economic growth. The income gap between farmers and urban residents also consistently increased, making rural areas one of the unstable factors in China’s political and economic life. 【Full Story】【Comments】
How East Asians View Democracy (I)
By Andrew J. Nathan, Yun-han Chu and Joanne J. Myers
July 1, 2009	305 reads
China-U.S. Friendship Exchange, Inc. thanks the Carnegie Council, Madeleine Lynn, Web and Print Editor of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and the three experts and scholars of this talk for generously giving the permission for translating the transcript into Chinese and publishing both versions on www.ChinaUSFriednship.com. The transcript and author introductions were first published on http://www.cceia.org/resources/transcripts/0085.html on November 10, 2008. 【Full Story】【Comments】
How East Asians View Democracy (II)
By Andrew J. Nathan, Yun-han Chu and Joanne J. Myers
July 1, 2009	246 reads
Table 1.3: What do people think it is? We asked an open-ended question. It's the only open-ended question in this survey: "What does democracy mean to you?" It's very expensive in survey research to ask an open-ended question, because your interviewer has to write it down and somebody else has to code it into categories. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Examine the Translocation of the Victorious and the Defeated Nations through the Issue of Taiwan Status
By Ligong Yu Translator Sheng-Wei Wang
June 1, 2009	199 reads
On May 1, Masaki Saito, the Office Chief of Japan's Interchange Association in Taipei made a public statement in Taiwan saying "Taiwan's status is undetermined." 【Full Story】【Comments】
Liu Qiu Islands (Ryukyu Islands) Is No Japanese Territory--It Should Resume Independence as a Buffer Zone
By Tieh-lin Yin
June 1, 2009	291 reads
Japan lost all its occupied foreign territories such as Korea, Taiwan and the Liu Qiu Islands in 1945 after its unconditional surrender in World War II as agreed upon by all victorious allied nations. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Would GM Get a Party Secretary, Chinese Style?
By Wendy Liu
June 1, 2009	190 reads
I may not know very well the significance behind the 50-some-year-old saying: "What's good for General Motors is good for the country". I also do not quite follow the complex discussions over GM's probable bankruptcy. But I have no doubt about what I have seen in GM in the past few months of this ongoing bailout saga: trappings of a China-type SOE, or state-owned-enterprise. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Does High Seas Drama Portend Economic Doom for the U.S.?
By George Koo
May 1, 2009	244 reads
The U.S. and Chinese military appeared to be engaged in another round of brinksmanship. Eight years ago, it was over a collision of planes over Hainan Island. This time, it is the near collision of ships on the high seas near Hainan. 【Full Story】【Comments】
The Last Generation of Nei Di Ren
By Huai-Nan Xin Translator K. C. Lu
May 1, 2009	220 reads
The last generation of Nei Di Ren (people from the hinterland) refers to a group of people who were born between 1937 and 1950 in mainland China or Hong Kong, grew up in Taiwan, and now reside in the United States. We are a minority among minorities. Fifty years from now, when Chinese historians study this period, they will find that we, the Nei Di Ren, are a unique group of people. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Rubbish by Rottenwood
By Yi-Cheng Chang
April 1, 2009	225 reads
The letter below was first published on February 11, 2009, by the Indian Tribune, a weekly journal for thinking Indians. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Who Killed Wall Street?
By Gong Shengli Translators Sheng-Wei Wang and Julian Loui
April 1, 2009	357 reads
Editorial Note: This article was written in late 2008 by the author while President Bush was still in office. It helps us to track back the development of this financial crisis since its beginning. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Crosstalk with Dr. Thomas P. M. Barnett, Author of Great Powers: America and the World After Bush
Guest: Thomas P. M. Barnett Host: Sheng-Wei Wang
March 1, 2009	628 reads
We are very happy to invite Dr. Thomas P.M. Barnett to our Crosstalk interview. This is the first time that the China-U.S. Friendship Exchange, Inc. hosts an interview with a renowned expert on U.S.-China relations. 【Full Story】【Comments】
10 Comments by Experts and Readers on “Crosstalk with Dr. Thomas P. M. Barnett, Author of Great Powers: America and the World After Bush”
By Tze-chung Li Edward MacLean Peter Chung Chieh Yi-Cheng Chang George Koo Michael Levy Anonymous Readers
March 1, 2009	589 reads
This Crosstalk was hosted by Dr. Sheng-Wei Wang, President, China-U.S. Friendship Exchange, Inc. (For this email interview report, please see www.chinausfriendship.com, 03/01/2009) 【Full Story】【Comments】
The Undeniable Trajectory: Deng Chose Wisely
By Thomas P. M. Barnett
February 1, 2009	372 reads
An excerpt from Thomas P.M. Barnett’s new book Great Powers: America and the World After Bush 【Full Story】【Comments】
Foreign Policy of the United States and General Sun Li-jen
By Peter Chung Chieh
February 1, 2009	378 reads
Sun Li-jen (1899 - 1990), the ever victorious General, is one of the most admired and respected figures in modern Chinese history. He was an engineer, a scholar, a soldier, and most important of all, an able general whose soldiers always won in battles. General Sun, having done no wrong, never suspected his countrymen to harm him. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Goodbye Rat and Hello Ox
By Peter Chung Chieh
January 1, 2009	274 reads
We have had good times and bad times. I faced the question of survival during my childhood. Yet, folks came to my rescue. These benefactors played their parts in shaping what I am today, and to them I am forever grateful. Wishing them a happy Chinese New Year brings happiness to all. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Reasons Why Obama Needs New Start with China
By George Koo
January 1, 2009	261 reads
This article first appeared on http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/JL04Cb01.html The Barack Obama administration takes office in January on the promise of change, and one of the most critical changes he can make is to reboot US relations with China based on mutual respect and shared interests. A strong and positive alliance with China is more important now than ever. 【Full Story】【Comments】
New Rules Needed for Hong Kong's "Big Market, Small Government" Concept (Letter to the Editor The Standard, Hong Kong)
By Kam-tim Siu
December 1, 2008	298 reads
The mainland is not alone anymore in its state and macroeconomic controls, as seen by the buying of financial institutions by the United States and European countries. It is a controversial issue politically. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Interview Addresses U.S. Meeting Challenges in Its World Role and Relations with China (I)
Guest Sheng-Wei Wang Interviewer Andrew Evans
December 1, 2008	304 reads
Transcript adapted from the audio file produced by www.blogtalkradio.com/centerlane, which records live interview of Dr. Sheng-Wei Wang, President of the China-U.S. Friendship Exchange, by Andrew Evans, Chairman of the American Centrist Party (ACP), in the ACP Center Lane Internet Radio Show on 10/02/2008. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Interview Addresses U.S. Meeting Challenges in Its World Role and Relations with China (II)
Guest Sheng-Wei Wang Interviewer Andrew Evans
December 1, 2008	314 reads
Transcript adapted from the audio file produced by www.blogtalkradio.com/centerlane, which records live interview of Dr. Sheng-Wei Wang, President of the China-U.S. Friendship Exchange, by Andrew Evans, Chairman of the American Centrist Party (ACP), in the ACP Center Lane Internet Radio Show on 10/02/2008.. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Indian Style (II)
By Calvin Tatsey
November 1, 2008	339 reads
When I was a little kid by Willow Creek, I went over there to catch frogs. I started imitating those elders, ceremonially. I started singing some songs. These two muskrats swam up the creek and they went on the other side of the bank, crawled out of the water and sat there looking at me. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Indian Style (I)
By Calvin Tatsey
November 1, 2008	349 reads
Below, is a Picture of my Nawtoo (Holy) Ohtikunni (Medicine Chief) and Brother-in-the-Indian-way. It was taken on February 24, 2006 by my wife. He's pictured near his home at the time, the small-trailer. He's since moved up-in-the-World, and doesn't occupy the residence full-time anymore. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Religion: Letter to Sarah
By Julian Loui
November 1, 2008	440 reads
Dear Sarah, You asked me a very interesting question the other day. You said "Do you have religion?" 【Full Story】【Comments】
Selling America and the Rest of the World Short
By Michael Levy
October 1, 2008	394 reads
"Oh! How the mighty have fallen", is a quote from the Old Testament that pertains to the collapse of past dynasties. In today's world, it deals with the downfall of the major infrastructure of capital markets in the USA and the systemic fallout all around the world. 【Full Story】【Comments】
The Current Black Sea Imbroglio: A Challenge to World Peace
By Ravindra Kumar
October 1, 2008	400 reads
For centuries, due to its geographical status, the Black Sea region has been important particularly for the countries located around it. For them it has been the chief way of transportation. It is also important from the strategic point of view as it is close to the regions like the Caucasus, Tatarstan and Bashkorostan, which are known as oil-rich regions of the world. Furthermore, the Black Sea region is the only path through which a potential rival could threaten a powerful country like Russia from this area. 【Full Story】【Comments】
China's Gold Rush
By Paul H. Tai
September 1, 2008	522 reads
This article has also been published in July 2008 by The ELM, a monthly e-magazine. 【Full Story】【Comments】
A Drop of Truth and a Barrel of Propaganda
By Michael Levy
September 1, 2008	471 reads
It takes time to take a misrepresentation of authentic facts, turn it into propaganda and then hear prestigious and distinguished voices talk their truth which has grown out of the original fallacy. 【Full Story】【Comments】
From Mourning Mao to Mourning the Masses
By Wendy Liu
August 1, 2008	387 reads
The whole China stopped for three minutes, people, work, traffic, with everybody standing in silence, heads bowed, with only sirens wailing and horns blaring, from Beijing to Nanjing, from Qinghai to Shanghai. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Reviewing the Evolution of Property Rights in China
By Jialin Zhang
August 1, 2008	434 reads
To promote a market economy, a society must have unambiguous, secure and alienable property rights. For over two thousand years, the concept of private property rights in China never existed. After the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC), land ownership in China became dualistic: urban land belonged to the state, and rural land was owned by the collective. 【Full Story】【Comments】
How Well Do You Know Tibet? Or More Importantly, How Well Do You Know the Media and Politicians? (I)
By Yi-Cheng Chang
July 1, 2008	552 reads
In the Tang Dynasty (over 1100 years ago), Princess Wencheng (a daughter) of the Tang Emperor, was married to a tribe leader in Tibet. The relationship between the Tibetan and Han and other ethnic groups had been largely in harmony for over 1000 years. (Han is the majority ethnic group in China.) 【Full Story】【Comments】
How Well Do You Know Tibet? Or More Importantly, How Well Do You Know the Media and Politicians? (II)
By Yi-Cheng Chang
July 1, 2008	486 reads
In the Tang Dynasty (over 1100 years ago), Princess Wencheng (a daughter) of the Tang Emperor, was married to a tribe leader in Tibet. The relationship between the Tibetan and Han and other ethnic groups had been largely in harmony for over 1000 years. (Han is the majority ethnic group in China.) 【Full Story】【Comments】
China and the World - Expert Speaks on the Country's Changing Role
Reporter Bhumika Ghimire Guest Dr. Sheng-Wei Wang
June 1, 2008	484 reads
Published at News Front (Nepal) and Samaya Weekly (Nepali translation) on May 19, 2008, and the popular South Korean news Web site OhMyNews.com, which register as many as 15 million visits per day. 【Full Story】【Comments】
New Book, China's Ascendancy: Opportunity or Threat? and Book Reviews (9-11)
By Sheng-Wei Wang (http://www.createspace.com/3339581 or http://www.amazon.com)
May 1,2008	542 reads
China's Ascendancy by Sheng-Wei Wang is an extremely important book - a must read for a wide range of people whether they are governmental, military, business professionals, journalists, academics, or students. 【Full Story】【Comments】
An Open Letter to The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, U.S. House of Representatives
By One China Committee and China-U.S. Friendship Exchange, Inc.
May 1, 2008	597 reads
We support your position that the current unrest in Tibet should be resolved through peaceful dialogue between the Dalai Lama and the Chinese authorities. Such a dialogue is in fact taking place between the representatives of the Dalai Lama and the Chinese authority (see www.bbsland.com, April 14, 2008). 【Full Story】【Comments】
New Book, China's Ascendancy: Opportunity or Threat? and Book Reviews (1-8)
By Sheng-Wei Wang
April 1, 2008	586 reads
Definitely a "must read" book! With interdisciplinary training and multicultural background... 【Full Story】【Comments】
A Roadmap for Improved Sino-U.S. Relations and Global Stability in the 21st Century
By Sheng-Wei Wang
April 1, 2008	514 reads
Text adapted from the audio file produced and provided by Francis Steffan, which records Sheng-Wei Wang's interview by the hosts of The Dr. Gianni Hayes' Radio Show... 【Full Story】【Comments】
Tibet Unrest
By Frank Ching
April 1, 2008	505 reads
Just as Beijing prepares to bask in the glow of international acceptance of a rising, peaceful China... 【Full Story】【Comments】
Problematic The One Child Family-China
By Dr. Matt Marko, Ph.D.
March 1, 2008	636 reads
The one child policy of China, while understandable that something was needed to be done due to the extreme population here, has also had its repercussions in the aspect of child rearing. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Convoluted Memories Over Chinese New Year
By Peter C. Chieh
March 1, 2008	484 reads
Chinese New Year (CNY) brings me convoluted memories. Celebrations continue. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Great Radio Show
By Sheng-Wei Wang
February 1, 2008	597 reads
Great Radio Show on WEDNESDAY, February 27, 2008: 9:00-10:00PM EST (EAST COAST TIME): "China's Ascendancy: Opportunity or Threat?" - A Roadmap for Improved Sino-U.S. Relations and Global Stability in the 21st Century 【Full Story】【Comments】
Pizza Cathay
By Alijandra Mogilner
February 1, 2008	515 reads
When visiting China on business, your hosts will make sure you see local sights and are treated to some of the wonderful foods in that area. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Unification of Taiwan: Chinese Americans' Challenge
By Tze-Chung Li
January 1, 2008	705 reads
Taiwan is an integral part of China. Taiwan and China separated as a result of civil war in 1949, and since then have been governed separately. They are two political entities in China, but not two Chinas. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Indispensable Review of the Policy toward Taipei
By Litai Xue
December 1, 2007	592 reads
Taiwan's planned referendum on United Nations membership may damage its crucial ties to the United States, but President Chen Shui-bian will most likely continue to mobilize his supporters to defy American pressure and see the proposal through. Some of Chen's family members are being chased by his own prosecutors in criminal cases. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Stopping a Nuclear Arms Race between America and China (III)
By Hugh White
Posted December 1, 2007	497 reads
The idea of a deal like this has been raised occasionally as a possibility in the academic literature for some years, [24] and Kim Beazley sketched the case in a speech in Beijing in 2004. [25] But it is far from the political agendas in the US or China at present. 【Full Story】【Comments】
The Globalization You Do Not Know About
By Yuzhong Zhai Translator SOL Tung
November 1, 2007	1090 reads
From the ancient free trade theory of the British Empire to the present day theory of globalization, the right to speak has been the basis for hegemony in human economic history. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Stopping a Nuclear Arms Race between America and China (II)
By Hugh White
Posted November 1, 2007	642 reads
China has a very modest capacity to mount nuclear attacks on the US. It has a relatively small number of nuclear weapons. Estimates differ from as few as 200 warheads [13] to around 400. 【Full Story】【Comments】
Stopping a Nuclear Arms Race between America and China (I)
By Hugh White
Posted October 1, 2007	707 reads
Australia's interests in a peaceful and stable Asia-Pacific region are threatened by the risk of intensifying strategic nuclear competition between the US and China. This may seem a little surprising in the post-Cold War world. 【Full Story】【Comments】
China Should Pause Currency Appreciation
By Jialin Zhang
September 1, 2007	1025 reads
Since China revalued its currency and abandoned the yuan peg-to-the dollar policy in July 2005, the yuan has increased by 9.4 percent against the dollar (as of the end of July 2007). How far should this process go? Is the further revaluation of the yuan beneficial to China, the U.S. and the world? 【Full Story】【Comments】
A Path to War?
By Sheng-Wei Wang
September 1, 2007	1015 reads
Modern history shows that after World War II, the U.S. and China were caught in adversary political camps in the Cold War. Ice began to thaw in July 1971 when former U.S. Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger secretly visited Beijing and laid the groundwork for President Richard M. Nixon's visit to the Chinese mainland in 1972. 【Full Story】【Comments】