The ghost of Christmas future may see Beijing reach across the Taiwan strait to “reunite” the country and find a motherlode of microprocessors.
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America Is Fueling the Chinese Dream
Imagining what Xi Jinping would say in a universal coronavirus commencement speech.
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Why Trump Has Wobbled on the GOP Plan to Blame China for COVID-19
Putin might not be the only one who has ‘the goods’ on Trump.
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Trump Is Getting Outsmarted on Trade
President Xi and Prime Minister Abe are playing the long game to Trump’s impulsive ignorance.
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Trump’s Foreign Policy: Fake Deals to Defuse Crises That He Created
His so-called ‘deal’ with Chinese President Xi fits the pattern.
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Trump Threatens to Punish European Allies and Give China a Pass
The president’s transactional foreign policy eschews things like rules and laws.
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The 1 Percent’s Contempt for Democracy
Donald Trump isn’t the only plutocrat subverting our democracy.
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Trump’s Flip-Flop on China Is Worth Investigating
Russia might not be the only country that has dirt on this administration.
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Golden State Warrior: Jerry Brown’s Vision Trumps Right-Wing Folly
These days, you have to find Presidential leadership on the West Coast, not in the West Wing. California Governor Jerry Brown deserves tremendous praise for demonstrating the sort of climate courage Donald Trump refuses to. Just as former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger took steps to curb carbon pollution while George W. Bush dithered a decade […]
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The Clash of Victimizations
Donald Trump’s fixation on fallen glory and festering grievance is uncomfortably close to the story China tells about itself.
