February 2023

‘The Nation’ website published on February 9, 2023, an article, War with China Is Preventable, Not Inevitable – What is needed is a policy of constructive coexistence, authored by Jake Werner, research fellow, and William D Hartung, senior research fellow (W&H both work at Quincy Institute). W&H’s article and its title are so correct and timely for catching the attention of...

I. Hegemony World War II (1937-1945) was a savage war and a tragedy for mankind, but its ending had a great impact on the termination of colonialism all over the world and on the creation of the United Nations. The United Nations was formally established in 1945, its charter was signed on June 26, 1945, in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization. The charter...

‘The Nation’ website published on February 9, 2023, an article, War with China Is Preventable, Not Inevitable – What is needed is a policy of constructive coexistence, authored by Jake Werner, research fellow, and William D Hartung, senior research fellow (W&H both work at Quincy Institute). W&H’s article and its title are so correct and timely for catching the attention of...

I. Hegemony World War II (1937-1945) was a savage war and a tragedy for mankind, but its ending had a great impact on the termination of colonialism all over the world and on the creation of the United Nations. The United Nations was formally established in 1945, its charter was signed on June 26, 1945, in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization. The charter...

​ Making America Great Again (MAGA) as a political slogan comes about because the U.S. feels threatened in many ways. Economically the U.S. is losing her world number one position. In 1960, the U.S. GDP reached 40% share of the world GDP but in 2019 the U.S. GDP was only 24% of the world GDP and in 2021 it further dropped to 15.74%.  Diplomatically or politically, the U.S. is losing her influence...

​ Making America Great Again (MAGA) as a political slogan comes about because the U.S. feels threatened in many ways. Economically the U.S. is losing her world number one position. In 1960, the U.S. GDP reached 40% share of the world GDP but in 2019 the U.S. GDP was only 24% of the world GDP and in 2021 it further dropped to 15.74%.  Diplomatically or politically, the U.S. is losing her influence...

 The readers of the U.S.-China Forum are certainly familiar with the forum’s political position; that is it advocates true democracy, opposes hegemony, and promotes peaceful coexistence between the U.S. and China. On the issue of China policy, the Forum is very clear in its position of honoring the true one-China policy thus often advising the U.S. government to stop the hypocritical “fuzzy” Taiwan...

 Calendars were mostly created according to astrology by observing the changes in solar and/or lunar system (the Moon orbiting around the Earth and the Earth orbiting around the Sun) and making correlations with the seasonal changes on Earth. The Western calendar is based on the solar system, that is the Earth is orbiting around the Sun for approximately 365 days in a year whereas the Eastern...