Americans are not paying much attention to China’s achievements in landing a spacecraft on the dark side of the moon and on landing an explorer on Mars. What these events signify, however, is that China has made stunningly fast technological progress and has reached parity with the United States in many crucial respects. Compare and […]…
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We are engaged in a global battle of values with China
As New York Times media columnist Ben Smith makes clear in this story today, China is attempting to persuade the world that American values are not universal values and that American messages about freedom of speech and the right to elect one’s government are corrupt. Further, the projection of these values is merely intended to […]…
China Tries to Lure in Wall Street–and the China Institute is Helping
The government of Xi Jinping has a clear objective in seeking to lure in American financial entities into China. They obviously want access to more capital, but the Chinese also view Wall Street as an important ally in shaping American governmental policy toward China. The Chinese have astutely recognized that Wall Street has power in […]…
Watch the OPC Foundation’s annual “luncheon”
Dear everyone, many of you have known about my work with the Overseas Press Club Foundation, but have never been able to see it. Because of the pandemic, we had to stage our annual ceremony, where we announce our scholarships, on Zoom. It’s about 55 minutes long but moves along very smartly. We hired professional […]…
You can watch the OPC Foundation in action this year–without leaving your home office
Dear everyone, one of the causes I have fought hardest for in my career has been the Overseas Press Club Foundation, which launches young foreign correspondents. We traditionally have an annual luncheon where we unveil our latest crop of winners, but this year obviously we were hit by the pandemic. Amazingly, we’ve been able to […]…
