March 2020

#346 3/28   Dr. Wordman Isolationism in the U.S. and China (part I - III)
 Abstract Isolationism as a political term used in real world has different meaning and interpretation from its dictionary definition. We first discuss the meaning of isolationism from human society point of view and what did isolationism mean and get practiced in the U.S. (part I), why isolationism did not appear as a vocabulary but observable as a phenomenon in China (part II), and then...
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Isolationism in the U.S. and China (part I - III)
 Abstract Isolationism as a political term used in real world has different meaning and interpretation from its dictionary definition. We first discuss the meaning of isolationism from human society point of view and what did isolationism mean and get practiced in the U.S. (part I), why isolationism did not appear as a vocabulary but observable as a phenomenon in China (part II), and then...
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#345 3/21    Dr. Wordman Changing Tone at Shangri-La Dialogue - Lee Xian Long and Other Delegates’ Speeches
The Shanghai-La Dialogue was first conceived by the Director-General and Chief Executive Director, Sir John Chipman, of the International Institute of Strategic Security in 2001 to provide a forum for the defense officials and military chiefs to discuss world issues on strategic strategy. The first Summit was held at the Shanghai-La hotel in Singapore in 2002 and followed annually ever since thus known...
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Changing Tone at Shangri-La Dialogue - Lee Xian Long and Other Delegates’ Speeches
The Shanghai-La Dialogue was first conceived by the Director-General and Chief Executive Director, Sir John Chipman, of the International Institute of Strategic Security in 2001 to provide a forum for the defense officials and military chiefs to discuss world issues on strategic strategy. The first Summit was held at the Shanghai-La hotel in Singapore in 2002 and followed annually ever since thus known...
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#344 3/14   Dr. Wordman  Phase One US-China Trade Agreement Mutual Interpretation
​ President Trump in a highly publicized and televised ceremony signed the Phase One US-China Trade Deal/Agreement on January 15, 2020, at the White House with the Chinese Designated Chief Trade Representative Vice Premier Liu He. The fact that President Trump personally signed the agreement with Vice Premier Liu signifies his belief that he, different from previous Administrations, had taken...
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Phase One US-China Trade Agreement Mutual Interpretation
​ President Trump in a highly publicized and televised ceremony signed the Phase One US-China Trade Deal/Agreement on January 15, 2020, at the White House with the Chinese Designated Chief Trade Representative Vice Premier Liu He. The fact that President Trump personally signed the agreement with Vice Premier Liu signifies his belief that he, different from previous Administrations, had taken...
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#343  3/7    Dr. Wordman  ACE-ACE To Win-Win Future of US-China Relations
​Even a layman in the United States and China can sense that the U.S.-China relationship is heading towards a treacherous direction. The mass media of each nation have been energized to crank out “ideological*” rhetoric laced in news and publications in all sort of media, newspapers, movies, television, radios and books. Fortunately, this phenomenon has not yet bloomed to be overwhelming like fascism...
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