I’m enjoying watching the editorial page writers at the Wall Street Journal going through ideological agony as the state and federal governments take a central role in combatting the coronavirus. At least since the days of Ronald Reagan, the Journal’s editorial page has promoted the notion that government does not solve problems. It IS the […]…
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China Intimidates Europe
The Chinese government is engaged in a global battle to shape the narrative about the coronavirus. If the story that dominates the headlines is “China Did It,” that is very dangerous to the legitimacy of the Communist Party, at home and abroad. But if the story that dominates is “China Is Saving The World,” then […]…
Hosting a book night with Tiff Roberts discussing China and the virus
Here is installment No. 1 of a Zoom session I did with my old Business Week colleague Dexter “Tiff” Roberts discussing his book, “The Myth of Chinese Capitalism.” His core argument is that China’s economic boom has relied on labor provided by 600 to 700 million people in rural areas, who have migrated to where […]…
An interview with Martin Lee, Hong Kong’s leading democracy advocate
The Chinese government took advantage of the coronavirus lockdown in Hong Kong to arrest Martin Lee, whom I first met 25 years ago in Hong Kong. No protests are possible because groups of more than four people are not allowed in public for health reasons. The Western media’s response to his arrest has been slower […]…
Should Americans Learn How To Bow?
The Japanese Art of Bowing By Toshio Aritake and William J. Holstein Infectious disease czar Anthony Fauci has suggested that Americans and other Westerners might not want to risk shaking hands with each other once they begin to creep out of their coronavirus isolations and quarantines. What, then, will they do to greet each other? […]…
