About: William Holstein
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There goes the New York Times editorial department (again)–running nonsense about China
The schism at the New York Times over China policy continues to deepen. The latest example is this guest essay in today’s Week in Review section entitled “Kissinger Was Right About China, and He Still Is.” First of all, it is written by David Daokui Li, a professor at Tsinghua University in China. He’s a […]…
My interview with Bill Flanagan of WPXI-Pittsburgh will run on Sunday
Here’s a taste of what we talked about. Will post the full interview Monday…
China Is Already Interfering in America’s election
The pundits have long warned that China and Russia will seek to interfere in the 2024 elections in the United States. But it has already started, according to this article in today’s New York Times. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, said it had identified 4,789 fake Chinese accounts on Facebook. The fake accounts copied […]…
Kissinger’s Critical Mistake–Not Understanding Xi Jinping
Henry Kissinger was undoubtedly a brilliant man, but he made one critical mistake–assuming that Xi Jinping would continue the policies of his predecessors–Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zimin and Hu Jintao. Even after Xi started consolidating power in 2012 and 2013, Kissinger believed that the United States and China had the power to essentially govern the world […]…
