November 2024

Today, China is athe fast- rising economy growing with twice the growth rate of the U.S. GDP, becoming the number two economy inof the world. The U.S. declares China as the most critical competitor and adopts a hostile China policy in diplomacy, waging sanctions oin trade and technology, and formulating military alliances against China. The US-China relations areis the worst ever since the nineteenth...

Significance of Trump’s Victory Trump has won the 2024 U.S. presidential election to become the 47th U.S. president. Trump’s victory is historical; he is the only American president returning to the White House with a landslide victory after being defeated after his first term. The 2024 presidential election was the costliest ($35B), with the richest individuals vested (Donors) in this...

Congratulations to President Donald Trump for winning the 47th U.S. Presidency. There is no question that it is a win by MAGA, the great slogan of making America great again. Trump’s victory is a call by Americans (more blue-collar, conservative citizens and young men than elites) who recognize that America is in decline, the government is ineffective, the economy is going to be worse, and the...

The U.S. and China, the two largest economiesy in the world, are obviously at odds today. The world mass media controlled largely by the American conglomerates devotes enormous space to covering news about the two nations’ domestic and foreign affairs, especially on their economic activities. The U.S. has been the number one economy in the world since 1890 and has become the only super power...

In our mass media, there is plenty of shocking news in 2024. The Ukraine-Russia war has extended from Ukraine to Russia and the Israel-Hamas war has continued and spread to Lebanon. As an election year for the U.S., we had assassination attempts not once but twice on a presidential candidate, former president Donald Trump, and the theatrical bow-out of President Joe Biden giving Vice President Kamala...

Dr. George Koo, 顧屏山, was my ‘Internet’ friend. George passed away on September 24, 2024, after a head injury from a fall on the pickleball court. I learned the terrible news from my Internet correspondents.  We were deeply sorrowed. For me, George was a remote acquaintance but a close friend in soul on international affairs. We knew each other at a late age and through the Internet. Thus,...