China’s army loyalty may need a better ideology, but this could depend on a trilemma — Negotiations, Alternative, or North Korea. Recent American fumbling with tariffs has given China more political elbow room (https://www.appiainstitute.org/articles/america/where-is-trump-going/ ). Still, Beijing has three choices about how to handle America’s challenges—negotiation with the US and the rest of the world […]
Trump is fumbling his tariff war, but US troubles are real and must solved, or the world will be in chaos. China is thinking after itself and offers no alternative Chinese President Xi Jinping might feel relatively secure in the escalating tariff dispute with the United States, believing that President Donald Trump will falter first, […]
The Rejecting, the Skeptical, and the Accepting: From Matteo Ricci’s World Map to the Influence of Missionaries on Late Ming Chinese Scholars 1. Matteo Ricci’s World Map: Its Significance from an Intellectual History Perspective In 1584, shortly after arriving in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, the Italian missionary Matteo Ricci (1552–1610), with the support of the local prefect Wang […]
It will be a long and harsh winter if the US is ready for China, but America could prevail. If it’s not, China might win, or it might be chaos China remains resolute in the face of US tariffs, challenging the United States to engage in a comprehensive trade war that could disrupt both economies. […]
Is Beijing running a risky bet? If tariffs work for the US, its economy could implode. It might think a war could change things. Xi’s internal enemies may push for it, hoping for a reshuffle China has doubled down against US tariffs, apparently wagering that two outcomes will emerge: first, that the world will unite […]
The principal target of US tariffs is China, and while the world may bear the brunt of these measures, Beijing’s economy faces significant challenges. Heightened tensions could lead to military confrontations—an outcome that must not be discounted. The recent US announcement of tariffs poised to impact every American trading partner threatens to ignite inflation and […]
The Vice President’s trip to the Vatican in the wake of controversial and earth-shattering tariffs is a dialogue between the super hard power and the super soft power of the world. The consequences could usher in a new era. The April 18-20 meeting between US Vice President JD Vance and representatives of the Holy See—likely […]
