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Protest - reaction to the Atlanta shooting via The NationI am deeply saddened that an already deadly pandemic that killed so many of us has now sparked violence that took innocent healthy lives at a time when our country is digging our way out of this horrible era. Was it because certain political leaders chose to politicize the pandemic by blaming China for its release, and in doing so spawned...

US/China Trade Delegation meeting July, 2019 The Asian concept of “FACE” is seldom understood by the western world; more often, it is misunderstood. I don’t know the origin of how FACE became a mainstream aspect of Asian culture. I guess it is a byproduct of Confucianism that was the playbook of how Chinese and many Asian cultures relate to each other, i.e., respect, honor, courtesy, subtlety,...

Image radioe free asia − rfa.orgWhile 2021 represents a fresh start in many ways for our country and the rest of the world, there are numerous issues that a change in leadership/policies may or may not solve so easily. One such issue is China. Our new Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, has already indicated that China is the primary foreign power for the U.S. to re-establish a working...