15
Dec
A Speech for Ron Paul
10
Dec
The United States, China, and Human Rights
According to the United Nation, every living person in the world is entitled to “human rights.” Human rights include (but are not limited to): The right to life The right to water The right to reproductive choice The right to choose thought, conscience, and religion The right to free speech The right to a fair [...]
04
Dec
A Response to Andy Stern’s, “China’s Superior Economic Model”
Andy Stern recently wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about how China’s economic system may be the saving grace for America’s failing model. He commends the PRC’s efforts in job creation, shames “failing free market extremism,” and China’s economy’s astounding growth rate. While I can sympathize with Stern’s amelioration to China’s economy, a [...]
03
Oct
Tariffs are Bad for America
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff fiasco may repeat itself if Congress passes the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act. The act aims to punish China for manipulating its currency, slapping painful tariffs on imported Chinese goods. At first glance, the idea seems solid: the United States is in a recession, China is stealing American jobs, therefore making [...]
14
Sep
Should the United States Cease Arms Sales to Taiwan?
Since the Shanghai Communiqué, arms sales to Taiwan have burdened Sino-American relations. “The Taiwan Relations Act,” a US law made in 1979, requires the US “to provide Taiwan with arms of a defensive character,” and “to maintain the capacity of the United States to resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion that [...]
29
Aug
The Pentagon and Chinese Military Power
Background This past week, the Pentagon issued an 83-page public report on China’s military expansion. In the report, the Pentagon acknowledged that China had closed key technological gaps that were previously hindering its military’s expansion. While speaking at the Pentagon, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia Michael Schiffer articulated the core of the [...]
21
Aug
Why is China so Strange to Americans?
Selling children to play online games. Apple store knockoffs. Form-fitting black rubber wetsuits. These are the articles that continuously haunt my newsfeed on China, and I’m sick of them. It seems as though America has a tabloid interest in Chinese culture. We consistently crave to hear about strange behavior from Chinese citizens or government officials, [...]