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Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen exchanges gift with U.S. Democrat Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts during a meeting at the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. Photo: Taiwan Presidential Office

Sen. Markey’s Taiwan Visit is Unwise and Unhelpful

August 15, 2022 Cole Harrison

We are very disappointed to learn that Sen. Ed Markey has led a new Congressional delegation on an official visit to Taiwan, only 12 days after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did the same. This delegation is unhelpful and unnecessary. The United States should not be […]

Understanding and Resisting the New Cold War

December 7, 2021 E. Martin Schotz, MD

by E. Martin Schotz, MD We are constantly bombarded with messages telling us that if our country and our way of life are to survive we must weaponize, weaponize, weaponize… We must recognize this as Cold War messaging to be resisted, and help others do the […]

The Pentagon and too many of our national leaders have yet to learn the lessons of Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq. (Photo: CodePink/CC)

Alternatives to the Pentagon’s China Nightmares

November 6, 2021 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson Originally published in Common Dreams I’m embarrassed for my friends when they make mistakes, not that I haven’t made a few myself. Recently when the Pentagon issued its terrorizing annual report on China warning that by 2030 China’s People’s Liberation Army could […]

Congress and China. Cartoon by Andrew Flaherty/MAPA

The EAGLE Act: an Anti-China Bill

September 26, 2021 Drew Baldwin

by Drew Baldwin There are few things Congress agrees upon. China, however, is one of them. In July, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed the “Ensuring American Global Leadership and Engagement” or EAGLE Act (H.R. 3524), led by committee chair Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY). The […]

Climate Change Cooperation Cannot be an “Oasis” in U.S.-China Relations

September 15, 2021 Michael Klare

by Michael Klare President Biden’s special envoy on climate change, former Secretary of State John Kerry, traveled to Tianjin, China on August. 31 and Sept. 1 to meet with Chinese officials on joint efforts to slow the pace of global warming. While in Tianjin, Kerry […]

The Taiwan Conundrum

August 18, 2021 Jim Hassett

by Jim Hassett Beijing is irrevocably committed to regaining control of Taiwan, an island about 100 miles off China’s coast. But the US and its allies are committed to the opposite: helping Taiwan maintain its status as an independent county. Something’s got to give. To […]

Anti-Chinese Media and the US Government: an unhealthy alliance

August 17, 2021 Marcus Breen

By Marcus Breen Anti-Chinese views dominate public opinion in the United States. This is hardly surprising given that the media and information services generally, act like magnets for prejudice. Rather than being sites of rational debate, the current state of things continues the great American […]