Month: October 2024

Sinophobia in Post-Truth America

My perspective on the US-China conflict has long been framed in the context of false narratives—stories that are based on a shred of fact that then gets distorted through the lens of political expedience. I have been critical of both the United States and China for...

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China’s Third Arrow Productivity Trap

While China is not Japan, by my reckoning the comparisons have now become too close for comfort. In the face of China’s deepening economic malaise, this is not the time for Beijing to split hairs over the distinctions—it should, instead, err on the side of acceptance...

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Sinophobia’s Most Dangerous Phase

I have been warning about this for far too long. Two books, Unbalanced and Accidental Conflict, and countless articles later, my fears are coming to pass: The American strain of Sinophobia has now taken on a life of its own. There would come a time, I wrote as...

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