March 2018

 I used to subscribe to more mainstream media publications for source of information but now I receive lots of Organic Newsletters and Blogs not only supplementing to but sometimes more overwhelming than the mainstream mass media. We are living in a fast-paced world exhibiting rapid changes in our behaviors, our business environments and even life or death consequences by innovations and reforms....

 I used to subscribe to more mainstream media publications for source of information but now I receive lots of Organic Newsletters and Blogs not only supplementing to but sometimes more overwhelming than the mainstream mass media. We are living in a fast-paced world exhibiting rapid changes in our behaviors, our business environments and even life or death consequences by innovations and reforms....

China’s Constitution Revision prepared and submitted by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to be ratified by China’s 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) in its first plenary session (March, 2018) is dominating the Western press. Before we examine the details of this amendment and its implication, let’s review the history of the constitutional amendments of the U.S. to provide...

China’s Constitution Revision prepared and submitted by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to be ratified by China’s 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) in its first plenary session (March, 2018) is dominating the Western press. Before we examine the details of this amendment and its implication, let’s review the history of the constitutional amendments of the U.S. to provide...

 One day in September 2017, I received a phone call from my friend Serge Pun. He phoned from Myanmar to tell me that the Archbishop of Yangon was in a bind about the impending visit of Pope Francis which was set to take place in less than three months. The small Catholic Church of Myanmar did not have enough money in its coffer to pay for all the local expenses. (The TV company would broadcast...

​ (continue from issue#236) Liuqiu was an independent Kingdom maintaining a peaceful relationship with China as a suzerain State during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Liuqiu was seized by Japan in 1879. During WW II, the U.S. navy recovered Liuqiu from Japan and Liuqiu was a major base in the Asia theater supporting US military’s island-hopping strategy against Japan with the goal of reaching...

 One day in September 2017, I received a phone call from my friend Serge Pun. He phoned from Myanmar to tell me that the Archbishop of Yangon was in a bind about the impending visit of Pope Francis which was set to take place in less than three months. The small Catholic Church of Myanmar did not have enough money in its coffer to pay for all the local expenses. (The TV company would broadcast...

AbstractThree news headlines, the U.S. sending Navy ships to SCS protesting island construction activities there, the violent shooting in Florida school and the irresponsible profiling remarks against Chinese Americans expressed by FBI Director Christopher Wray, seemingly unrelated events, triggered serious thoughts on the attitude of Americans and the U.S. government officials about safeguarding freedom,...

 Abstract Australia is a large and remote country with little national security threat until the arrival of ‘Pivot to Asia’.  Compared to many Asian nations’ defense forces, Australia Defense Force (ADF) is much smaller.  Australia published defense white papers in 1976, 1987, 1994, 2000, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016 and a Foreign Policy white paper in 2017. The increased frequency of...

​ The Taiwan Travel Act if passed is a political statement from the U.S. Congress to influence the U.S. Administration’s China Policy. The US-China Forum (UCF) is formed by a group of Chinese Americans caring about the unification of Mainland and Taiwan and the future welfare of Chinese people. The majority of the forum supporters live in California but the readers of the Forum is nationwide and...