April 2017

In Foreign Affairs (April 5, 2017) Snapshot, Dr. Daniel Bessner and Dr. Stephen Wertheim published a paper, “Democratizing the U.S. Foreign Policy: Bring Experts and the Public back to Foreign Policy”. The title of this paper not only caught my attention but also stroke a chord that resonated in my mind ever since I started writing the Column of Mainstream and Organic Views. Although Bessner...

In Foreign Affairs (April 5, 2017) Snapshot, Dr. Daniel Bessner and Dr. Stephen Wertheim published a paper, “Democratizing the U.S. Foreign Policy: Bring Experts and the Public back to Foreign Policy”. The title of this paper not only caught my attention but also stroke a chord that resonated in my mind ever since I started writing the Column of Mainstream and Organic Views. Although Bessner...

​Diaoyu Islands are located about 120 miles northeast of Taiwan island, historically part of China, seized by Japan after the 1894 Sino-Japanese war and supposedly to be returned to China after WW II. No people can reside on them since the islands are rocks with no fresh water. Then why Diaoyu Islands are news again with President Trump reiterating: the US-Japan Mutual Defense Treaty is applicable...

​Diaoyu Islands are located about 120 miles northeast of Taiwan island, historically part of China, seized by Japan after the 1894 Sino-Japanese war and supposedly to be returned to China after WW II. No people can reside on them since the islands are rocks with no fresh water. Then why Diaoyu Islands are news again with President Trump reiterating: the US-Japan Mutual Defense Treaty is applicable...

We have discussed American Dream and Chinese Dream before, generally from a historical perspective. After witnessing a couple of unusual elections last year that brought in a new administration in the United States and that of Taiwan government, we witnessed some policy changes impacting Americans and Chinese people. Amazingly, in a short period of time, these changes have shaken the core beliefs of...

We have discussed American Dream and Chinese Dream before, generally from a historical perspective. After witnessing a couple of unusual elections last year that brought in a new administration in the United States and that of Taiwan government, we witnessed some policy changes impacting Americans and Chinese people. Amazingly, in a short period of time, these changes have shaken the core beliefs of...

Abstract The basis for a friendly relation is trust, everyone agrees. So what is preventing us to build trust or what is destroying trust is the crucial matter in the US-China relation. Reviewing the history and geopolitical relation between US and China versus the close neighbors of the U.S., one ca point out that respecting a country’s sovereignty is fundamental in building trust and creating friendly...